Makkana Taiyō

"Makkana Taiyō" (Japanese: 真赤な太陽) is a song performed by Hibari Misora and the Blue Comets, and released as a single in 1967.[1] It reached number 1 on the Japanese singles chart according to Billboard,[2] and sold 1.4 million copies.[1] The song has been called "Red Hot Sun" in English. It was written by Nobuo Hara.[3] It has been covered many times, by artists such as The Ventures,[4] King Curtis,[5] and the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.[6] The song uses a pentatonic scale.[7]

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References

  1. ^ a b ちょうど50年前･1967/5/25 GSブームから生まれた美空ひばりの大ヒット‘真っ赤な太陽’リリース【大人のMusic Calendar】. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 25 May 2017.
  2. ^ Billboard. 12 August 1967. p 62.
  3. ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  4. ^ Pops In Japan No.2 (1968) Liberty catalogue number LP-8351
  5. ^ 君だけに愛を (King Curtis Plays Japanese Hits). 1968. Atlantic catalogue number SMAT-2002.
  6. ^ Grand Prix. 1995. Epic catalogue number ESCB 1591.
  7. ^ Michael K Bourdaghs. Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Prehistory of J-pop. Columbia University Press. New York. 2012. p 124.
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