1970 in Japanese music

In 1970 (Shōwa 45), Japanese music was released on records, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.

During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.[1]

Awards, contests and festivals

The 13th Osaka International Festival (Japanese: 大阪国際フェスティバル) was held from 14 April to 14 May 1970.[2] The 2nd contest of what subsequently became known as the Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 5 November 1970.[3] The 1st Japan Music Awards were held on 9 November 1970.[4][5] The final of the 1st contest of what subsequently became known as the World Popular Song Festival was held on 22 November 1970.[6][7][8][9] The 12th Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 1970.[10] The 21st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1970.[11]

The 19th Otaka prize was won by Michio Mamiya.[12]

Exhibitions

There was music at Expo '70.[13][14][15][16]

Number one singles

Oricon

The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:[17][18][19][20]

Issue date Song Artist(s)
5 January[21] "Kuroneko no Tango" Osamu Minagawa
12 January[22]
19 January[23]
26 January[24]
2 February
9 February
16 February "Awazu ni Aishite" Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five
23 February
2 March
9 March "Shiroi Chō no Samba" Kayoko Moriyama
16 March
23 March
30 March "Onna no Blues" Keiko Fuji
6 April
13 April
20 April
27 April
4 May
11 May
18 May
25 May "Keiko no Yume wa Yoru Hiraku"
1 June
8 June
15 June
22 June
29 June
6 July
13 July
20 July
27 July
3 August "Ai wa Kizutsuki Yasuku" Hide & Rosanna
10 August
17 August
24 August
31 August
7 September "Tegami" Saori Yuki
14 September
21 September
28 September
5 October
12 October
19 October "The Lovers of the World"
Japanese title: "Otoko no Sekai" (男の世界; lit. "The World of the Man")		 Jerry Wallace
26 October
2 November
9 November "Kyōto no Koi" Yūko Nagisa
16 November
23 November
30 November
7 December
14 December
21 December
28 December

Cash Box

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

  • 19 September, 26 September, 3 October, 10 October, 17 October, 24 October and 31 October: Tegami - Saori Yuki[25]
  • 7 November, 14 November, 21 November, 28 November, 5 December, 12 December and 19 December: Kyōto no Koi - Yūko Nagisa[26]

International

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

Local

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

  • 3 January, 17 January, 24 January, 31 January, 7 February, 7 March, 14 March, 21 March and 28 March: Dolif No Zundoko Bushi - The Dolifters[32]
  • 18 April, 25 April, 2 May and 9 May: Koi Hitosuji - Shinichi Mori[33]
  • 16 May, 23 May, 30 May, 6 June, 13 June and 20 June: Anata Nara Doosuru - Ayumi Ishida[34]
  • 27 June and 11 July: Yottsu No Onegai - Naomi Chiaki[35]
  • 18 July and 25 July: Keiken - Mari Henmi[36]

Local single

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

  • 29 August and 5 September: Ai wa Kizutsuki Yasuku - Hide & Rosanna[37]

A "foreign origin single" chart was published on 22 August and 5 September.

Number one albums and LPs

Cash Box

The following reached number 1 on the Cash Box chart:

Oricon

The following reached number 1 on the Oricon LP chart:[17]

  • 5 January, 19 January, 26 January, 1 February, 8 February, 15 February, 22 February, 2 March, 9 March and 23 March: Hana To Namida (Japanese: 花と涙/森進一のすべて) - Shinichi Mori
  • 12 January: Ikebukuro No Yoru / Aoe Mina No Subete (Japanese: 池袋の夜/青江三奈のすべて) - Mina Aoe
  • 16 March: Kage Wo Shitaite (Japanese: 影を慕いて) - Shinichi Mori
  • 30 March, 6 April, 13 April, 20 April, 27 April, 4 May, 11 May, 18 May, 25 May, 1 June, 8 June, 15 June, 22 June, 6 July, 13 July, 20 July, 27 July, 3 August and 10 August: Shinjuku No Onna/Enka No Hoshi, Fuji Keiko No Subete - Keiko Fuji[20]
  • 17 August, 24 August, 31 August, 7 September, 14 September, 21 September, 28 September, 5 October, 12 October, 19 October, 26 October, 2 November, 9 November, 16 November, 23 November, 30 November and 7 December: Onna No Blues - Keiko Fuji
  • 14 December, 21 December and 28 December: Enka No Kyooen/Kiyoshi To Keiko (Japanese: 演歌の競演/清と圭子) - Keiko Fuji and Kiyoshi Maekawa

Annual charts

Osamu Minagawa's Kuroneko no Tango was number 1 in the Cash Box annual singles chart,[47] and the Oricon annual singles chart.[48] Keiko Fuji's Keiko no Yume wa Yoru Hiraku was number 1 in the annual singles chart published in Billboard.[49]

Film and television

The music of Apart from Life, by Teizo Matsumura, won the 25th Mainichi Film Award for Best Music.[50]

Classical music

The Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra was founded.[51]
The Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa is named the music director of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.[52]

Jukeboxes

This year was the approximate start of a jukebox boom.[53] There were 11,000 jukeboxes.[54]

Magazines

Music Labo was first published in 1970.

Debuts

  • 10 November: Miki Hirayama released Beautiful Yokohama[55]

Other singles released

Other albums released

See also

References

  • Ongaku Nenkan 1970. (Japanese: 音楽年鑑 1970).
  • "Japan: A Billboard Special Report". Billboard. 19 December 1970. pp J-1 to J-50.
  • "Japan: The Past 12 Months". Cash Box. 4 July 1970. pp 50, 52, 54 & 56.
  • "Japan -The Year In Review". Cash Box. 26 December 1970. Part II: International Section. pp 16 & 18.
  • Oricon magazine
  • Music Labo magazine
  • 新譜ジャーナル magazine. ["The Journal of Newmusic"].
  • Oricon No.1 Hits 500. Clubhouse (Japanese: クラブハウス). 1998. ISBN 9784906496129. vol 1 (1968~1985).
  1. ↑ Billboard. 19 December 1970. pp J-16 & J-28.
  2. ↑ 1970年度のラインナップ. Asahi Shimbun Foundation.
  3. ↑ 第2回 ポピュラーソングコンテスト. Yamaha Music Foundation.
  4. ↑ Mainichi Shimbun (Kyūjitai: 每日新聞). Issue 251. 9 November 1970. ("(1970 年) 11 月 9 日")
  5. ↑ 日本歌謡大賞も真の１位にあらず　「かりにも一番に...かといって、誰も本当には認めていない」沢田研二、自叙伝で語る. zakII. 24 January 2024.
  6. ↑ 第1回東京国際歌謡音楽祭. Yamaha Music Foundation.
  7. ↑ "Entries Sought For Tokyo Pop Song Fest". down beat. 1 October 1970. p 11.
  8. ↑ "Yamaha Sponsors Intl Song Contest". Billboard. 12 September 1970. p 64.
  9. ↑ "Tokyo Pop Fest Due In November". Cash Box. 19 September 1970. p 65.
  10. ↑ 第１２回 日本レコード大賞. Japan Composer's Association.
  11. ↑ 第21回ＮＨＫ紅白歌合戦. NHK.
  12. ↑ 尾高賞 in "Archive". NHK Symphony Orchestra.
  13. ↑ 5000年後の未来に贈られる「世界の国からこんにちは」. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 14 March 2019.
  14. ↑ Miki Kaneda. "Expo'70: The Pinnacle of Intermedia, or, the Avant-Garde Faces Some Conundrums". Transpacific Experiments: Intermedia Art and Music in 1960s Japan. University of Michigan Press. Chapter 4. p 102.
  15. ↑ Atkins. This is Our Music: Authenticating Japanese Jazz, 1920-1980. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1997. p 235.
  16. ↑ Paul Roquet. Ambient Media: Japanese Atmospheres of Self. University of Minnesota Press. 2016. ISBN 9780816692446. p 33.
  17. 1 2 See the weekly issues of Oricon magazine
  18. ↑ 1970年の本日、ヒデとロザンナ「愛は傷つきやすく」がオリコン・チャートの1位を獲得. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 3 August 2018.
  19. ↑ 1970年という時代と藤圭子「圭子の夢は夜ひらく」. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 8 June 2018.
  20. 1 2 1970年3月30日、人気絶頂の藤圭子がオリコンのシングル、アルバム両チャートで1位を獲得. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 30 March 2018.
  21. ↑ オリコン秘蔵チャート大公開 1970/1/5付. Oricon News. 30 May 2006.
  22. ↑ オリコン秘蔵チャート大公開 1970/1/12付. Oricon News. 31 May 2006.
  23. ↑ オリコン秘蔵チャート大公開 1970/1/19付. Oricon News. 1 June 2006.
  24. ↑ オリコン秘蔵チャート大公開 1970/1/26付. Oricon News. 2 June 2006.
  25. ↑ Cash Box. 26 September 1970, p 48. 3 October 1970, p 56. 10 October 1970, p 57. 17 October 1970, p 108. 31 October 1970, p 50.
  26. ↑ Cash Box. 7 November 1970, p 58. 21 November 1970, p 54. 28 November 1970, p 58. 5 December 1970, p 44. 12 December 1970, p 55. 19 December 1970, p 94.
  27. ↑ Cash Box. 3 January 1970, p 30. 24 January 1970, p 58. 7 February 1970, p 61.
  28. ↑ Cash Box. 14 March 1970, p 62. 28 March 1970, p 70.
  29. ↑ Cash Box. 28 March 1970, p 70.
  30. ↑ Cash Box. 25 April 1970, p 66. 9 May 1970, p 63. 16 May 1970, p 58. 30 May 1970, p 61. 6 June 1970, p 54.
  31. ↑ Cash Box. 13 June 1970, p 53. 27 June 1970, p 62. 18 July 1970, p 59. 25 July 1970, p 57.
  32. ↑ Cash Box. 3 January 1970, p 30. 24 January 1970, p 58. 7 February 1970, p 61. 14 March 1970, p 62. 28 March 1970, p 70.
  33. ↑ Cash Box. 25 April 1970, p 66. 9 May 1970, p 63.
  34. ↑ Cash Box. 16 May 1970, p 58. 30 May 1970, p 61. 6 June 1970, p 54. 13 June 1970, p 53. 27 June 1970, p 62.
  35. ↑ Cash Box. 27 June 1970, p 62. 18 July 1970, p 59.
  36. ↑ Cash Box. 18 July 1970, p 59. 25 July 1970, p 57.
  37. ↑ Cash Box. 5 September 1970, p 53.
  38. ↑ Cash Box. 24 January 1970, p 58. 7 February 1970, p 61.
  39. ↑ Cash Box. 9 May 1970, p 63.
  40. ↑ Cash Box. 16 May 1970, p 58.
  41. ↑ Cash Box. 13 June 1970, p 53.
  42. ↑ Philips catalogue number FX-8007
  43. ↑ Cash Box. 22 August 1970, p 60.
  44. ↑ Cash Box. 5 September 1970, p 53. 26 September 1970, p 48. 3 October 1970, p 56. 10 October 1970, p 57. 31 October 1970, p 50. 7 November 1970, p 58.
  45. ↑ Cash Box. 19 December 1970, p 94.
  46. ↑ RCA catalogue number JRS-7100
  47. ↑ "Japan's Top 50 of 1970". Cash Box. 26 December 1970. Part II: International Section. p 18.
  48. ↑ シングル年度別のヒット曲 TOP 1. Jipang, from Oricon.
  49. ↑ "Japanese Pop Hits of 1970". Billboard. 11 December 1971. p J-16.
  50. ↑ 第25回 日本映画賞
  51. ↑ The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. 2003. p 281
  52. ↑ Aaron Green. "Seiji Ozawa – A Profile of the Great Conductor". Classicalmusic.about.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  53. ↑ Karaoke Around the World: Global Technology, Local Singing. p 183.
  54. ↑ Billboard. 19 December 1970. p J-28.
  55. ↑ 47年前の本日、平山三紀が「ビューティフル・ヨコハマ」でデビュー. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 10 November 2017.
  56. ↑ 1970年の本日3月20日、ザ・タイガース13枚目のシングル「都会」がリリース. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 20 March 2019.
  57. ↑ 1970年の本日、ムッシュかまやつの名曲「どうにかなるさ」がリリース. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 5 April 2018.
  58. ↑ ザ・タイガース初！メンバーのオリジナル曲がカップリングされたシングル「素晴しい旅行」. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 23 May 2019.
  59. ↑ 1970年8月10日、ちあきなおみ「X+Y=LOVE」がリリース～画期的だった方程式歌謡のさきがけ. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 10 August 2018.
  60. ↑ ザ・タイガースのラストを飾ったシングル「誓いの明日」。48年前の今日リリース！. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 20 November 2018.
  61. ↑ 1970年の本日、ザ・タイガース最後のスタジオアルバム『自由と憧れと友情』がリリース. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 15 December 2017.
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