Tatsuro Yamashita - OPUS ALL TIME BEST 1975 2012

Singer-songwriter and producer, born 4 February 1953. Husband of . Heavily influenced by American jazz, soul, and big band music. His first album, , which contained cover versions of songs by The Beach Boys and other golden age American songs, is now extremely rare and sought-after. His major debut came in 1976 with , which was recorded in New York and Los Angeles, the former of which included the participation of conductor and arranger . His popular breakthrough came in 1980 with the release of , whose title track peaked at #3 on the Oricon singles chart. Maxell also used it in a TV ad for audio cassettes that featured Yamashita. He is probably best-known for composing and performing his 1983 song "Christmas Eve." This track appeared on his album that year and was notably covered by for the Japanese release of their album. A version featuring English lyrics was written by , a frequent Yamashita collaborator. He is also famous as a record collector and the DJ of Japan's most famous oldies radio show, called "Tatsuro Yamashita's Sunday Songbook" (TOKYO FM). This program started on October 3, 1992, as A Saturday Songbook, but changed to The Sunday Songbook on April 3, 1994. It is a long-running program that is still ongoing.

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