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No.117 "Oreta heel-no onna" by Hatsumi Shibata
Hi. Today's song is "Oreta heel-no Onna" (A woman puts on broken High heels) by "Hatsumi Shibata".
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1.Song data
| Title | Oreta heel-no Onna (A woman puts on broken High heels) |
|---|---|
| Artist | Hatsumi Shibata |
| Album Title | Singer Lady |
| Catalog Number | COCP-38387 |
| Track No. | 4 |
| Duration | 3:34 |
| Released | 1975 |
| Publisher | Columbia |
| Lyricist | Jun Hashimoto |
| Composer | Mitsuo Miyamoto |
| Arranger | Yūji Ohno |
- About the creators
Jun HashimotoLyricist
"Jun Hashimoto" is a great and long serving lyricist active in popular song field since 1965.
Debut
"Hashimoto" started his professional career by becoming an apprentice with "Kōichi Sugiyama" who is a renowned composer, but perhaps most well known as a music creator for a popular roll playing game "Dragon Quest series" now a days.
In 1965, he debuted as a lyricist with a song for a popular vocal group "Bonny Jacks".
The timing of his debut actually coincided with a beginning of "GS" (Group sounds) boom, he soon began to write songs for "GS" group especially for "Blue comets".
(With regard to "Blue comets", we have recently posted a related article, and there are more detailed information. Please click the below link box if you could see.)
Group sounds
In 1966 as a first lot, "Hashimoto" wrote a song titled "Blue eyes" to "Blue comets".
This song sold more than half a million disks. It was a significant hit at that time, and now a days, "Blue eyes" is regarded as a a pioneering song of GS boom.
He continue to offer songs to "Blue comets", and in 1967, one of the song titled "Blue Chateau" became a huge hit, and became a song represents both "Blue comets" and "GS boom".
Hit song maker
Even the "GS boom" ended in early '70s, he continued to supply attractive songs to the popular song market thorough out '70s to the '80s, and became one of the most famous hit song maker.
Now, his career as a professional lyricist has exceeded 50 years. But he is still active and providing good songs to the people.
(Ref: Wikipedia, Jun Hashimoto)
Video clip
Finally, here is a small clip of a popular SF animation "Ginga Tetsudȫ 999" (Galaxy express 999), which "Hashimoto" wrote a lyrics in 1978.
You can listen the theme music at the beginning of the movie.
* "Ginga Tetsudȫ 999"
Mitsuo MiyamotoComposer
Profile
"Mitsuo Miyamoto" is s composer, arranger. pianist and a trumpeter active at least early '70s.
Mysterious
It seems he has written many hit songs mainly in the '70s. And his support for a '70s very popular pop group "Candies" is particularly remarkable.
Nevertheless, information about him is very limited, and even fragmented data, we couldn't find many so far.
Search continue
So, we would like to continue the search on him for a while, and would like to share the information if we have found some.
Here is one of his famous popular song wrote for "Candies" in 1976.
"Lucky chance-wo nigasanaide"(1976)
(Please don't pass up your lucky chance)
by "Candies"
(You can still listen these songs by clicking the banner. Please select the track No.12 once the page is open.)
Yūji OhnoArranger
"Yūji Ohno" is a prominent composer, arranger and pianist active since around 1964.
Debut
"Yūji Ohno" was already a notable Jazz player when he was a college student, and actually working as a professional pianist.
"Hiromasa Suzuki" (Colgen) and "Masahiko Satō", known as Japan's top Jazz musicians, were team mates of the same college circle, and often referred as a set of Jazz elites.
Debut
After graduated from the college, he directly joined a professional Jazz band, and started his career.
Since then, he experienced a few different bands, and formed his first trio in 1967.
As a composer
In 1969, he began to write soundtracks for TV series.
Luckily, his warm and impressive theme music was widely accepted, and his stage was expanded further.
Lupin the 3rd
In the mid 70s, "Ohno" was already a popular composer for TV programs, and also writing some screen music for major movies.
Then in 1977, he received a request for writing soundtracks for the 2nd season of newly started action animation TV series for young adults. It was the "Lupin the 3rd".
In the '70s, animation movies were still regarded as programs for children. So, there was a set pattern even for the theme music.
But the concept of "Lupin the 3rd" were clearly different from those. Therefore, "Ohno" wrote more freely, and provided cool, thrilling & stylish sound for the animation.
Because it was a bit challenging idea, it took some time to be understood. But soon "Lupin the 3rd" acquired a lot of fans, and became one of the most popular animation on TV.
And "Yūji Ohno"s theme music was greatly praised as the primarily important factor of the animation.
It has been 40 years since the anime was first released. But it is still very popular and making a history.
(Ref: Wikipedia-en, Yūji Ohno)
(Ref: tunegate.me, Yūji Ohno interview, 2016.05.13)🇯🇵
(Ref: ntvm.co.jp, Yūji Ohno interview)🇯🇵
Video clip
Finally, here is a music clip of his too famous main theme for "Lupin the III".
This is an original arrange, but big band version of opening theme. The band on stage is "Yūji Ohno & Lupintic sixteen" performed in 2007.
* "Lupin Lupin Lupin"
Cover art today
- Sound impressions
Slow swing
This is a relaxing slow swing Jazz on the walking bass line in an acoustic sound.
Walking rhythm
The drums, bass, acoustic guitar & piano, strings and the Glockenspiel (Xylophone) start an introduction in walking speed slow swing Jazz.
This light and comfortable back ground sound continues through out the song, and support "Hatsumi Shibata"s slight husky, but vivid vocal.
Singer lady
"Hatsumi Shibata"s LP "Singer lady" (1975) is a kind of concept album which dramatizes a life of a star female singer working in the entertainment business.
And notably, all the song arrangement and a few of melodies were provided by young "Yuji Ohno", who is known as a creator for the main theme of "Lupin the 3rd", and regarded as one of the most remarkable composer in Japan's popular music now.
Happy encounter
"Hatsumi Shibata" was well known particularly in Jazz and soul field, by her exceptional vocal skills.
Especially in the '70s, her performance was really shining.
On the other hand, a young and talented composer "Yūji Ohno" was just entering his "blooming" period.
Therefore, the quality of this album is just great and often named as a rare groove among the Japanese Jazz & soul albums.
So, this collaboration by "Hatsumi Shibata" and "Yūji Ohno" in the '70s can be called as a "Happy encounter".
- Reference
- About the artist
Hatsumi ShibataLuxury singer
"Hatsumi Shibata" was a popular Jazz, Soul and pops singer, but also well liked by the people thanks to her frequent appearance on some music programs on TV, and a few of big hit songs.
She debuted in 1968 with a single "Otome-no kisetsu"(A season for maidens). Since then, 24 singles, and 13 original, 4 live, and 16 best albums have been released until now.
(Ref: Wikipedia-en, Hatsumi Shibata)
Debut
"Hatsumi Shibata" started her career by singing at the officer's club of the US military camp in 1961 when she was just 9 years old.
Actually from the end of WW2(1945) to the mid '60s, singing in the US military camp was nothing special for the children of Japanese musicians. And quite a few of the grand old singers experienced it when they were young.
And in 1968, when she was 16, "Hatsumi Shibata" debuted as a solo singer with her 1st single "Otome-no kisetsu"(A season for maidens).
Second debut
For few years after the debut, she could not catch the wave.
Then, she re-branded herself to a more adult singer, and released a new single "Aikagi" (Spare key) under new identity in 1974.
Fortunately, this song became her first smash hit. And she gained some attention.
And very luckily, she was selected as an assistant presenter for a newly started TV music program "Sound in S", which was broadcasted nationally.
Because, "Sound in S" provided fairly sophisticated high quality music, it soon achieved a reasonable level of popularity. And eventually, it became one of the long-running program for the station.
After all, the program lasted for 7 years. And "Hatsumi Shibata" had continued to be a cast through out its broadcasting period.
And her name and face well penetrated into the people thanks to this program.
Luxury night
Around mid '70s, she quickly gained the popularity and was about to join a group of popular singers.
And in 1977, her 7th single "My luxury night", which was slow, elegant and grand ballad written by Kisugi siblings, finally became a super hit.
By this big hit, she was chosen as a participant for the most prestigious TV music program called "Kō-haku Uta-gassen" (Red and White Song Battle) which only broadcasted once a year in the night of the New year eve.
Afterwards
After she established her name as a popular singer, she had busy days through out '70s and '80s.
In the 1990s, due to the change of public preference for music, her appearance on TV became fewer, but she was constantly holding a concert from big stage to a Jazz club in Ginza.
Surprise
It was a surprising thing but she suddenly passed away by heart attack in 2010.
Many Fans mourned her loss and prayed for her happiness in the next life.
(Ref: Wikipedia-en, Hatsumi Shibata)
Even after she went to heaven, her popularity remain the same. And her earlier albums and single records are still constantly re-issued.
If you like please try one of those.
- Samples from online music stores
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Please go to the page below, and just play or click track No.4.
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8. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | 折れたヒールの女 (Oreta heel-no Onna) |
|---|---|
| Artist | しばたはつみ (Hatsumi Shibata) |
| Album Title | Singer Lady |
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