1961 in Japanese music

In 1961 (Shōwa 36), Japanese music was released on records, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.

Awards, contests and festivals

The 4th Osaka International Festival (Japanese: 大阪国際フェスティバル) was held from 13 April to 6 May 1961.[1] The 3rd Japan Record Awards were held on 28 December 1961.[2] The 12th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1961.[3]

Number one singles

Billboard

Monthly

The following reached number 1 according to the monthly pop singles chart published in Billboard:

Weekly

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly pop singles chart published in Billboard:

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly singles chart published in Billboard:

Utamatic

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly Utamatic singles chart published in Billboard:

  • 7 April: G.I. Blues - Elvis Presley[8]
  • 14 April, 5 May, 12 May, 19 May, 26 May, 5 June and 12 June: Tokyo Dodonpa Musume - Mari Watanabe[9]
  • 26 June, 3 July and 17 July: Kitakami Yakyoku - Dark Ducks (King) and Mahina Stars (RCA)[10]
  • 24 July, 31 July, 7 August, 21 August and 28 August: Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka[11]
  • 4 September, 11 September, 18 September, 25 September, 9 October, 16 October, 23 October, 30 October, 6 November and 20 November: Kimi Koishi - Frank Nagai[12]
  • 2 October, 13 November, 27 November and 4 December: Moliendo Café - Hugo Blanco (Polydor) and Sachiko Nishida  (Polydor).[13] The Japanese language cover version of this song is called Coffee Rumba.
  • 11 December, 18 December and 25 December: Koshu (Japanese: 湖愁) - Akira Matsushima[14]

Cash Box

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly singles chart published in Cash Box:

Local

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly local singles chart published in Cash Box:

  • 17 June, 24 June, 1 July, 8 July, 15 July, 22 July, 29 July, 5 August, 12 August, 26 August, 9 September, 30 September and 7 October: Kitakami Yakyoku (Kitagami-Gawa-no Jojoh) - Hiroshi Wada & Mahina Stars (RCA), Dark Ducks (King), Tsuzuko Sugawara, Joji Takagi (Polydor) and Trío Los Paraguayos (Philips)[18][19]
  • 14 October: Kutsukake Tokijirō - Yukio Hashi[20]
  • 21 October, 28 October, 4 November and 11 November: Suttobi Jingi - Yukio Hashi[21]
  • 18 November, 2 December, 9 December and 16 December: Hokkiko - Bonny Jacks (King), Hiroshi Wada & Mahina Stars (Victor) and The Four Lads (Toshiba)[22][23]
  • 23 December: Ueo Muite Arukoo - Kyu Sakamoto[24]

International

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly international singles chart published in Cash Box:

  • 17 June, 24 June and 1 July: Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka (Victor), Kyu Sakamoto (Toshiba) and Mickey Curtis (Victor)[25]
  • 8 July: Surrender - Elvis Presley (Victor) and June Valli (Mercury)[26]
  • 15 July: Exodus - Mantovani (London), Pat Boone (Dot) and Ferrante & Teicher (United Artists)[27]
  • 22 July, 29 July, 5 August, 12 August, 19 August, 26 August, 9 September, 30 September and 7 October: Broken Promises (Italian: Promessi Falsi, Japanese: 黒い傷あとのブルース) - Henry de Paris (French: Henri de Pari, Japanese: アンリ・ド・パリ楽団) (Colpix), Terumi Nagashima (Japanese: 長嶋てるみ) (King), Yozo Higashiyama (Victor), Hiroshi Mizuhara (Toshiba), Akira Kobayashi (Columbia), Yūjirō Ishihara (Teichiku) and Eija Kitamura & his Quintet (King)[28][29]
  • 14 October, 21 October, 28 October, 4 November, 11 November, 18 November and 2 December: Sucu Sucu - Ping Ping (Kapp), Danny Iida & Paradise King (Toshiba), Hiroko Takegoshi (Victor), The Peanuts (King), Smiley Ohara with his Band (King) and Sachiko Nishida[30]
  • 9 December, 16 December and 23 December: Moliendo Café - Sachiko Nishida (Polydor), Hugo Blanco (Polydor) and Shoichiro Matsumiya (Japanese: 松宮庄一郎) (Toshiba)[31]

Annual charts

Kyu Sakamoto's Ueo Muite Arukoo was number 1 in the Japanese kayokyoku annual singles chart published in Billboard.[32]

Classical music

The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra was established.[33]

Film

The music of Mozu (Japanese: もず) and Bad Boys, by Tōru Takemitsu, won the 16th Mainichi Film Award for Best Music.[34]

Television and radio

Minna no Uta was first broadcast on 3 April 1961.[35]

Music industry

There were fifty record labels from nine companies.[36]

See also

References

  1. ^ 1961年度のラインナップ. Asahi Shimbun Foundation.
  2. ^ 第3回 日本レコード大賞. Japan Composer's Association.
  3. ^ 第12回ＮＨＫ紅白歌合戦. NHK.
  4. ^ Billboard. 16 January 1961, p 14.
  5. ^ Billboard. 13 March 1961, p 23.
  6. ^ Billboard. 3 April 1961, p 10.
  7. ^ Billboard. 31 July 1961, p 18.
  8. ^ Billboard. 24 April 1961, p 21.
  9. ^ Billboard. 24 April 1961, p 12. 1 May 1961, p 12. 15 May 1961, p 30. 29 May 1961, p 12. 12 June 1961, p 11.
  10. ^ Billboard. 26 June 1961, p 39. 3 July 1961, p 14. 24 July 1961, p 20.
  11. ^ Billboard. 24 July 1961, p 20. 7 August 1961, p 20. 28 August 1961, p 22.
  12. ^ Billboard. 4 September 1961, p 19. 11 September 1961, p 26. 25 September 1961, p 20. 9 October 1961, p 18. 16 October 1961, p 21. 23 October 1961, p 18. 30 October 1961, p 46. 6 November 1961, p 46. 20 November 1961, p 32.
  13. ^ Billboard. 9 October 1961, p 18. 13 November 1961, p 22. 27 November 1961, p 16. 11 December 1961, p 20.
  14. ^ Billboard. 11 December 1961, p 20. 18 December 1961, p 28. 25 December 1961, p 14.
  15. ^ Cash Box. 22 April 1961, p 50. 29 April 1961, p 42. 6 May 1961, p 45.
  16. ^ Toshiba Records catalogue number JP-5056
  17. ^ Cash Box. 13 May 1961, p 47. 20 May 1961, p 55. 27 May 1961, p 43. 3 June 1961, p 41. 10 June 1961, p 40.
  18. ^ Cash Box. 17 June 1961, p 45. 24 June 1961, p 41. 1 July 1961, p 68. 8 July 1961, p 31. 15 July 1961, p 41. 22 July 1961, p 44. 29 July 1961, p 39. 5 August 1961, p 84. 12 August 1961, p 31. 26 August 1961, p 32. 9 September 1961, p 36. 30 September 1961, p 38. 7 October 1961, p 47.
  19. ^ Philips catalogue number FL-1024
  20. ^ Cash Box. 14 October 1961, p 45.
  21. ^ Cash Box. 21 October 1961, p 39. 28 October 1961, p 45. 4 November 1961, p 89. 11 November 1961, p 47.
  22. ^ Cash Box. 18 November 1961, p 46. 2 December 1961, p 41. 9 December 1961, p 42. 16 December 1961, p 36.
  23. ^ Toshiba Records catalogue number JP-5084
  24. ^ Cash Box. 23 December 1961, p 40.
  25. ^ Cash Box. 17 June 1961, p 45. 24 June 1961, p 41. 1 July 1961, p 68.
  26. ^ Cash Box. 8 July 1961, p 31.
  27. ^ Cash Box. 15 July 1961, p 41.
  28. ^ Cash Box. 22 July 1961, p 44. 29 July 1961, p 39. 5 August 1961, p 84. 12 August 1961, p 31. 19 August 1961, p 45. 26 August 1961, p 32. 9 September 1961, p 36. 30 September 1961, p 38. 7 October 1961, p 47.
  29. ^ Colpix Records catalogue number COX-1004. King Records catalogue number EA-130.
  30. ^ Cash Box. 14 October 1961, p 45. 21 October 1961, p 39. 28 October 1961, p 45. 4 November 1961, p 89. 11 November 1961, p 47. 18 November 1961, p 46. 2 December 1961, p 41.
  31. ^ Cash Box. 9 December 1961, p 42. 16 December 1961, p 36. 23 December 1961, p 40.
  32. ^ Billboard. 19 December 1970. p J-32.
  33. ^ Bonnie C Wade. Composing Japanese Musical Modernity. University of Chicago Press. 2014. p 219.
  34. ^ 第16回 日本映画大賞
  35. ^ この番組について in みんなのうた. NHK ONE.
  36. ^ Cash Box. 15 April 1961, p 53.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.