62 entries. A source-linked selection of Japanese popular music. Albums, compositions, recordings, release editions and ordered tracks are distinct entries; the entry count is not a count of unique songs.
Singer, guitarist and arranger whose first solo album, FIRST LIGHT, appeared in 1981.
ArtistsSinger-songwriter and pianist whose self-written debut album Rosé appeared in 1983.
ArtistsSinger whose catalog spans the Cat’s Eye theme “Derringer” and solo albums, represented here by NATURALLY and Ichibyo no Natsu.
ArtistsWrote every song on VARIETY, produced by Tatsuro Yamashita.
ArtistsSinger-songwriter who debuted with Mari & Red Stripes in 1977, working with Niagara Triangle, BOX and Piccadilly Circus while writing for other singers.
ArtistsA guitarist whose records offer an adjacent fusion route.
ArtistsSinger and songwriter whose Refrain connects self-written New Music, professional pop craft and later city-pop curation.
ArtistsSinger-songwriter who debuted in 1982 and also worked in songwriting for others and sound production.
ArtistsReleased POCKET PARK and Who are you? in 1980.
ArtistsHer TWILIGHT ZONE combines soul, funk and jazz approaches.
ArtistsSinger-songwriter and composer whose 1980 debut Yume Hiko connects this atlas’s city-pop and synthesizer-pop margins.
ArtistsMade her singing debut with Seishun no Ijiwaru in 1984; explored here through ADVENTURE and her collaboration with Tetsuji Hayashi.
ArtistsSinger and composer whose 1980 recording debut leads here into trans-Pacific production, Japanese adaptation and the exchange between stage and album.
ArtistsSinger and the lyricist of Dream in the Street, the title song of her solo debut album.
ArtistsA band represented by Summer Breeze and Sunshine Kiz.
ArtistsSinger whose solo-album career began with Heart to Heart in 1977.
ArtistsSinger from Okinawa who debuted with 17-sai in 1971; her later Simplicity connects idol pop, international repertoire and adult pop interpretation.
ArtistsDebuted with Hadashi no Kisetsu in 1980; approached here through Pineapple, seasonal imagination and an album-closing song.
ArtistsBand featuring Tatsuro Yamashita and Taeko Onuki, represented by SONGS.
ArtistsRepresented by her late-1970s solo albums SUNSHOWER and MIGNONNE.
ArtistsSinger represented by the 1982 album LOVE TRIP.
ArtistsSinger and songwriter represented here by RIDE ON TIME and FOR YOU.
ArtistsHer 1983 album Fuyū Kūkan includes Midnight Pretenders.
ArtistsSinger who debuted in 1979 with Watashi no Heart wa Stop Motion and whose work spans pop, Latin music, jazz and Okinawan folk repertoire.
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