His 1979 award-winning album Moonglow gained moderate success, but his 1980 song "Ride on Time" peaked at No. 1 that was cited by MTV as one of the finest collaborative efforts of that period. Also in 1976, he teamed up with Eiichi Ohtaki, the producer of Sugar Babe, and Sugar Babe member Ginji Ito to release Niagara Triangle Vol. After the group disbanded in 1976, Yamashita signed to RCA and launched his own career, releasing the solo album Circus Town the same year. In 1973, Yamashita formed the band Sugar Babe with musicians Taeko Onuki and Kunio Muramatsu and released their only album Songs in 1975. ( December 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia.
He is known for his collaborations with his wife and popular singer Mariya Takeuchi on many songs including " Plastic Love" as well as with American songwriter Alan O'Day with whom he wrote hit songs "Your Eyes", "Magic Ways" "Love Can Go the Distance" and "Fragile." Active since the 1970s, Yamashita is considered an important contributor to Japanese music, ranked by HMV Japan as 6th in the Top 100 Japanese Artists.
His most well-known song is "Christmas Eve", the best-selling single song released in Japan in the 1980s, appearing on the Japanese singles chart for over 35 consecutive years. Tatsurō Yamashita ( 山下 達郎, Yamashita Tatsurō, born February 4, 1953), occasionally credited as Tatsu Yamashita or Tats Yamashita, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer often referred to as the "King of City Pop" for pioneering that style of Japanese adult-oriented rock/soft rock music.
0 kommentar(er)
