Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute: The Popular Music

Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute: the popular music
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	July 11, 2007
Genre	Pop
Length	49:52
Language	Japanese
Label	Nayutawave/Universal

Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute (筒美京平トリビュート), subtitled the popular music, is a tribute album to a Japanese composer Kyōhei Tsutsumi, released in 2007 by Natutawave Records under the distribution of Universal Music Group.

Album information

The album was produced to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Tsutsumi's professional career as a songwriter. Tadataka Watanabe, his younger brother who has worked as a record executive of Warner Music Japan, was credited as a producer of the whole album.

From among over five-hundreds of his compositions that entered the Japanese chart, following songs were chosen for the album. ^[1]These original versions were also compiled on CD entitled The Popular Music: Original Compilation, and simultaneously released with tribute album.^[2]

Title	Lyricist	Original Performer	Notes
"Saraba Koibito"	Osamu Kitayama	Masaaki Sakai	Release date – May 1, 1971 Chart position: #2
"Blue Light Yokohama"	Jun Hashimoto	Ayumi Ishida	Release date – December 25, 1968 Chart position: #1
"Tasogare My Love"	Yū Aku	Junko Ōhashi	Release date – August 5, 1978 Chart position: #2
"Sexual Violet No.1"	Takashi Matsumoto	Masahiro Kuwana	Release date – June 21, 1979 Chart position: #1
"Ningyo"	Nokko	Nokko	Release date – March 9, 1994 Chart position: #2
"Osewa ni Narimashita"	Michio Yamagami	Jun Inoue	Release date – September 21, 1971 Chart position: #17
"Tonde Istanbul"	Tetsuya Chiaki	Mayo Shono	Release date – April 1, 1978 Chart position: #3
"Miserarete"	Yoko Aki	Judy Ongg	Release date – February 25, 1979 Chart position: #1
"Natsu no Klaxon"	Masao Urino	Junichi Inagaki	Release date – July 21, 1983 Chart position: #23
"Manatsu no Dekigoto"	Jun Hashimoto	Miki Hirayama	Release date – May 25, 1971 Chart position: #5
"Momen no Handkerchief"	Takashi Matsumoto	Hiromi Ōta	Release date – December 21, 1975 Chart position: #2
"Mata Au Hi Made"	Yū Aku	Kiyohiko Ozaki	Release date – March 5, 1971 Chart position: #1

About this project, Tsutsumi said as follow: "Songs I wrote 30 or 40 years ago were revisited by younger artists. They have completed 12 tracks for this album, in their own very distinctive and attractive renditions. As a songwriter, I couldn't be happier. I would like to show my greatest gratitude to all the artists and personnel who took part in producing the album."^[3]

Track listing

All songs composed by Kyōhei Tsutsumi

1. "Saraba Koibito (さらば恋人)" – 3:04
   • Performer – Masayoshi Yamazaki
   • Arranger – Takayuki Hattori
2. "Blue Light Yokohama (ブルー・ライト・ヨコハマ)" – 3:30
   • Performer – Kou Shibasaki
   • Arranger – Keiji Tanabe (with strings arrangement by Yasuaki Maejima)
3. "Tasogare My Love (たそがれマイ･ラブ)" – 3:59
   • Performer – Hideaki Tokunaga
   • Arranger – Tokunaga, Masayuki Sakamoto
4. "Sexual Violet No.1" – 4:44
   • Performer – Tsunku
   • Arranger – Shunsuke Suzuki
5. "Ningyo (人魚)" – 4:39
   • Performer – Bonnie Pink
   • Arranger – Shuntaro Kobayashi
6. "Osewa ni Narimashita (お世話になりました)" (renewed lyrics by ET-King) – 2:58
   • Performer – ET-King
7. "Tonde Istanbul Homme (飛んでイスタンブール Homme)" – 5:54
   • Performer – Masafumi Akikawa
   • Arranger – Takeshi Senoo
8. "Miserarete (魅せられて)" – 3:49
   • Performer – Hitomi Shimatani
   • Arranger – Yuta Nakano
9. "Natsu no Klaxon (夏のクラクション)" – 4:12
   • Performer – Gospellers
   • Arranger – Akira Inoue
10. "Manatsu no Dekigoto (真夏の出来事)" – 5:09
    • Performer – melody.
    • Arranger – melody., Yuichi Hamamatsu
11. "Momen no Handkerchief (木綿のハンカチーフ)" – 5:06
    • Performer – Masamune Kusano (from Spitz)
    • Arranger – Shintarō Tokita (from Sukima Switch)
12. "Mata Au Hi Made (また逢う日まで)" – 2:48
    • Performer – Crazy Ken Band
    • Arranger – Masao Onose, Trio the Dog Horns

Chart positions

Chart (2007)	Position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[4]	12

References

1. 総売上7,400万枚超!筒美京平トリビュート [Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute]. hmv.co.jp (in Japanese). HMV. 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
2. "Nayutawave Records - the popular music". universal-music.co.jp (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
3. 12アーティストによる筒美京平トリビュート・アルバムが完成 [Tribute Album to Kyohei Tsutsumi by 12 artists] (in Japanese). barks.jp. 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
4. "ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks of the popular music: Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute by Various artists]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-05-22.