60's Japanese tune

Delvin Morgan · From: Lindstrom, Minnesota, USA

Do any oldtimers (like me) remember a song on the pop charts about '62 or '63 sang in Japanese I think, it was really pretty. Do you remember the title? I think it would sit nice on the pedal steel. I am trying to find sheet music, but need a title.

Herman Visser · From: Rohnert Park, California, USA

Delvin...I think I know the song your asking for Check with Roy Thomson in non pedal sec. I have it some where but cannt seem to put my hands on right now

Herman Visser · From: Rohnert Park, California, USA

Could it be Sukiyaki if so Roy has it on Lap C6th tuning

Colm Chomicky · From: Kansas, (Prairie Village)

I agree with Herman, the song I remember is Sukiyaki.

Mike Winter · From: Portland, OR

Ue wo muite
arukou.
Namidaga koborenai youni
Omoidasu, haru no hi
Hitoribocchino yoru.

Ue wo muite
arukou.
Nijinda hoshi wo kazoete
Omoidasu, natsu no hi,
hitoribocchino yoru.

Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni,
Shiawase wa sora no ue ni.

Ue wo muite arukou.
Namidaga koborenai youni
naki nagara,
aruku, hitoribocchino yoru.

Omoidasu, aki no hi,
hitoribocchino yoru.

Kanashimi wa hoshi no kageni,
Kanashima wa tsuki no kageni.

Ue wo muite arukou.
Namidaka kobore naiyouni,
Naki nagara, aruku,
hitoribocchino yoru.

Hitoribocchino yoru

(whistling)

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Delvin Morgan · From: Lindstrom, Minnesota, USA

I think that's it, thanks guys.

Andy Sandoval · From: Bakersfield, California, USA

Kyu Sakamoto did that tune in 63'

Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

I had the sheet music for this song a few years ago. It’s written in the key of C. The music is simple and pretty. For the chords check This Page

This song has a great 50s/60s vibe, and the Japanese lyrics and production give it a different twist. It takes me back to 1963, and it reminds me of Beatlemania because this was a big hit just before the Beatles broke in America.

Below is the first line of the melody (notes), as I remember it. My mind is a little cloudy now… it’s almost 4:00am, just got home from a gig… thanks for the memory!



|  /  C C D | E C A G |  /  C / D | E C A G | / C C D | E / E G | A / A G | A G E D | …

PS: Translated Lyrics

I look up when I walk so the tears won't fall
Remembering those happy spring days
But tonight I'm all alone

I look up when I walk, counting the stars with tearful eyes
Remembering those happy summer days
But tonight I'm all alone

Happiness lies beyond the clouds
Happiness lies above the sky

I look up when I walk so the tears won't fall
Though my heart is filled with sorrow
For tonight I'm all alone

whistling

Remembering those happy autumn days
But tonight I'm all alone

Sadness hides in the shadow of the stars
Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon

I look up when I walk so the tears won't fall
Though my heart is filled with sorrow
For tonight I'm all alone

[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 04 June 2006 at 12:43 AM.]

Andy Sandoval · From: Bakersfield, California, USA

After listenin to Roy's rendition of Sukiyaki a half dozen times last nite I just had to share it with you guys. Roy, I hope you don't mind.

[This message was edited by Andy Sandoval on 04 June 2006 at 06:06 AM.]

Billy Wilson · From: El Cerrito, California, USA

What was the flip side of Sukiyaki?

Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

"Anoko No Namaeyewa, Nontenkaena"

I have the record somewhere, I'm guessing at the spelling, but that's close. (That song isn't as good as the "A" side.) Kyu was killed in a commercial plane crash in '85.

Jim Cohen · From: Philadelphia, PA

Herman Visser · From: Rohnert Park, California, USA

HE HE Ha ha Maybe ?

Charlie McDonald · From: out of the blue

Here are a bunch of different versions. http://www.maddmansrealm.com/sukiyaki/mp3.htm

Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

This song would sound good on E9. The first few notes:

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Howard Tate · From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.

I worked in Japan for six months in '88, the people there thought it funny that they renamed the song "Sukiyaki" when that had nothing to do with the song. It was renamed because they thought most Americans had heard the word,and might listen to it. I loved the song.

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Billy Wilson · From: El Cerrito, California, USA

I thought the flip side was Boku No Hoshi. This is a beautiful song I used to do in a Hawaiian band. Maybe it was an "A" side.

HowardR · From: N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville

James Stewart Jr · From: Vero Beach Florida

Charlie ---THANKS !!! Great Link!!

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1981 Peavey Session 500

Burr Oxley · From: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA

The 45 I have of "Sukiyaki" has "China Nights" (real name "China No Yoru") as the flipside.

It dates back to at least the early 1950's. We used to sing it as "She Ain't Got No Yo-Yo" when I was a kid in Japan in 1953-54.

Kunihiko Suzuki · From: Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

I have read somewhere that the American (Capital?) record company didnt like the Japanese title, so they chose somewhat cathy Japanese word Sukiyaki. They misspelled as Sukiyaka on the record label though. I like China Nights as well as Sukiyaki.

[This message was edited by Kunihiko Suzuki on 04 June 2006 at 11:04 PM.]