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Kayōkyoku (歌 謡 曲, lit. ' Pop Tune ') is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop. The Japan Times described kayōkyoku as "standard Japanese pop" or "Shōwa-era pop". Kayōkyoku represents a blend of Western and Japanese musical scales. Music in this genre is extremely varied as a result.
- 1920s, Japan
Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five (内山田洋とクール・ファイブ, Uchiyamada Hiroshi to Kūru Faibu) are a Japanese kayōkyoku group, formed by Hiroshi Uchiyamada (born Michio Uchiyamada, 1936–2006) in 1967 and fronted by the lead vocalist Kiyoshi Maekawa.
- 1967–1990s, 2006–present
- Japan
- Kiyoshi Maekawa, Etsuro Miyamoto, Masaki Kobayashi, Masashi Osawa, Ryoma Nishida, Tetsuya Yamagami
May 22, 2019 · Jazz journeyed back over the Pacific on steamers by citizens traveling abroad, first in sheet music form, and then as 78s. It was a woman singer named Sumako Matsui who got it all going, in 1914, with a shellac side called “ Katyûsya No Uta ” which sold an unheard-of 20,000 copies.
Kayōkyoku (歌謡曲, literally “Pop Tune”) is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop. The Japan Times described kayōkyoku as “standard Japanese pop” or “Shōwa-era pop”. Kayōkyoku represents a blend of Western and Japanese musical scales.
Kayōkyoku (歌謡曲, literally "Pop Tune") is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop. The Japan Times described kayōkyoku as "standard Japanese pop" or "Shōwa-era pop". Kayōkyoku represents a blend of Western and Japanese musical scales.
Kayōkyoku (歌 謡 曲, literally "Pop Tune") is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop. The Japan Times describes kayōkyoku as "standard Japanese pop" [1] or "Showa era pop". [2] Kayōkyoku is Western-style-inspired music of Japan. Music in this genre is extremely varied as a result.
