Mass-a Tidbits #3
Masayuki Yamamoto was featured in a May 1976 issue of New Lite Music , along with Murasaki, Masamitsu Tayama (misspelled) and Shogo Hamada. "This artist started fame as a composer before becoming a singer. Check out the photo with his innocent expression on the right. Can you guess on which song flavor is he creating? That's right: he was the one delicately expressing the boy's genuine heart with these historical masterpieces "Uguisudani Music Hall" , "Hirake! Tulip" and "Moeyo Dragons!" . It's hard to imagine the folk tone of his debut single where he wrote, composed and sang, but he stated that enka styles, some folk touch and a marching behavior are arguably occurring naturally from that song." (この人も歌手より先に作曲で有名になっちゃった方。まだあどけない表情を残した右の写真をごらんなさい。どんな曲を書く人か、大体想像がつくてしょう? そう、その通り彼こそあの歴史的名曲「うぐいすだにミュージックホール」「ひらけ!チューリップ」を始め「燃えよドラゴンズ」など少年の純粋な心を繊細に表現した …… とまあ冗談はこのくらいにして、彼がこれらの曲を作ったことは事実。作詞・作曲して歌っているデビュー・シングルのフォーク調からは考えもつかないが本人は、演歌調もフォーク・タッチ...