[Healing lullaby]
No.9 “Rock-a-Bye my baby" by Tin Pan Alley
Hi. Today's song is "Rock-a-bye my baby" by "TIN PAN ALLEY".
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1. Song data
| Title | Rock-a-bye my baby |
|---|---|
| Artist | TIN PAN ALLEY |
| Album Title | TIN PAN ALLEY 2 |
| Track No. | 4 |
| Duration | 3:50 |
| Released | 1977 |
| Publisher | PANAM CROWN |
| Lyricist | Haruomi Hosono |
| Composer | Haruomi Hosono |
| Arranger | Tatsuo Hayashi & Masato Kai |
About the creators
"Haruomi Hosono" is a original member of the "Tin pan alley", and one of the most admired music artist as a big contributor of a development of the J-pop.
He is also well known internationally as a member of the "Yellow Magic Orchestra which was a prominent Synthpop band in the '80s.Tatsuo Hayashi is a drummer of the band and a music producer participated with the recording of the various J-pop artist.
Masato Kai is a known composer and an arranger. He is especially active in movies and musicals field. And actually a winner of a music prize of the Japan academy award in 1983.
Cover art
(New&used CD, Amazon.co.jp)
TIN PAN ALLEY, 1977.
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- Sound impressions
Slow and healing, lullaby
This is a slow and healing, lullaby like slow ballad in a peaceful atmosphere.
An ensemble of the bass, drums, and the keyboard create a rhythm feels like walking in a forest.
A flowing sound of the concert flute is like a breeze through the trees, and the twinkle tone of the xylophone(glockenspiel) reminds us a sparkle of water in a brook(creek).
The main vocalist with this cool voice is "Satsuya Iwasawa" of a pioneering city-pop unit "Bread &and Butter". And the female backing vocalist with characteristic vocal is "MANNA", who later married with "Iwasawa".
| Xylophone(glockenspiel) |
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| xylophone-musical-instrument-notes Photo by MissVine, pixabay.com under license of CC0 |
- Reference
Wikipedia page for "TIN PAN ALLEY" is below.
- About the artist
An incubator of the J-pop
TIN PAN ALLEY debuted in 1973 with single "Yoimachi-gusa no theme"(A theme of Yoimachi-gusa). Since then, 1 singles, and 3 original, 4 best albums has been released until now.
(Wikipedia, TIN PAN ALLEY)
"Tin Pan alley" is a legendary rock group which played an important role for a development of the modern J-pop.
5 powerful members namely, "Haruomi Hosono", "Shigeru Suzuki", "Masataka Matsutōya", "Hiroshi Sato", and "Tatsuo Hayashi" were in the group, and created an excellent quality music ahead of the times.
Even after break up of the band, each member became the most creative producers, and played a determining role for a development of a new generation popular music.
Talking about them is close to talking about the J-pop history. We would like to continue posting Tin Pan Allay related music from time to time.
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7. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | ろっかばいまいべいびい (Rock-a-bye my baby) |
|---|---|
| Artist | TIN PAN ALLEY |
| Album Title | TIN PAN ALLEY 2 |
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