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    Hibari Misora (美空 ひばり, Misora Hibari, born Kazue Katō (加藤 和枝, Katō Kazue) May 29, 1937 – June 24, 1989) was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon...
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  • Hibari (ひばり) is the Japanese name for the Eurasian skylark. Hibari may also refer to: Hibari Misora (美空 ひばり, 1937–1989), Japanese singer and actress Hibari...
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  • years. As jazz became popular in early postwar Japan, Japanese singer Hibari Misora released her debut song "Kappa boogie-woogie" on Nippon Columbia in...
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  • of the River") is the last single recorded by Japanese enka singer Hibari Misora, as she died soon after its release in 1989. It was composed by Akira...
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    American troops. Chiemi Eri's cover song "Tennessee Waltz" (1952), Hibari Misora's "Omatsuri Mambo" (1952), and Izumi Yukimura's cover song "Till I Waltz...
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  • including Luis Miguel, Rocío Dúrcal, Perry Como, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Hibari Misora, Gaby Moreno, Nana Mouskouri, Julio Iglesias, Shirley Kwan, Lila Downs...
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  • no yō ni" (川の流れのように), Like the Flow of the River, a song recorded by Japanese enka singer Hibari Misora. http://www.last.fm/music/Mitake+Akira v t e...
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  • composed Ichimaru's 1949 song "Shamisen Boogie-Woogie". Around that time, Hibari Misora became known as an impersonator of Kasagi. She made her debut with song...
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  • version in 1947, which became a best-seller. Other singers such as Hibari Misora, Akira Kobayashi and Harumi Miyako also recorded the song. The tune...
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  • Sakamoto. In 1949, 12-year-old Hibari Misora made her recording debut with song "Kappa Boogie Woogie". In the 1950s, Misora, Chiemi Eri and Izumi Yukimura...
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  • same year. It was covered by the country's legendary singers including Hibari Misora and Noriko Awaya in later years, and became a signature song for Itsuwa...
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    his popularity grew, and he starred in Akogare no Hawaii kōro with Hibari Misora. However, he never performed at the Kohaku Uta Gassen partly because...
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    Yamamoto (山本 譲二) (11) Harumi Miyako (都 はるみ) (29) Haruo Minami (三波 春夫) (50) Hibari Misora (美空 ひばり) (18) Hideo Murata (村田 英雄) (27) Hiromi Go (郷ひろみ) (36) Hiroshi...
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    Hibari no kanashiki hitomi (ひばりの悲しき瞳) is a 1953 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mizuho Shunkai. Hibari Misora (in Japanese) [1] accessed 21...
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    director. He also wrote the lyrics for a song "Ippon no enpitsu" for Hibari Misora. 映画監督の松山善三さん死去 「名もなく貧しく美しく」 (in Japanese) "松山善三". Kotobank (in Japanese)...
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    female singers in the early postwar Japan, along with Chiemi Eri and Hibari Misora. On her 1974 album Super Generation, she sang Ryoichi Hattori's songs...
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  • artists. In addition, it excludes recording artists like Michiya Mihashi, Hibari Misora, Yujiro Ishihara, and Hachiro Kasuga who had garnered most of commercial...
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    on-a My House". Eri started her career as an actress similar to Hibari Misora. Eri, Misora and Izumi Yukimura formed a trio. In her concerts, she was supported...
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  • directed by Shunkai Mizuho and stars Hibari Misora. Masao Wakahara - Yūji Makita Kuniko Miyake - Sanae Shimura Hibari Misora - Sanae's daughter Emiko Ryūji...
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    Ieki. Yasumi Hara – Kenzo Tanaka Mieko Ishii Takashi Kanda – Yamaguchi Hibari Misora – Mitsuko Tanaka Mitsuyo Mizushima Ichiro Shimizu Ichiro Sugai Shin...
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    Tezuka, considered the "god of manga" in Japan, died on 9 February 1989. Hibari Misora, one of the most popular and best selling female pop artists in Japan...
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    Ryūko appeared as a guest several years after leaving the regular cast. Hibari Misora, the famous singer, also appeared in the series. Former and future regular...
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    novel by Erich Kästner later adapted as the 1961 film The Parent Trap. Hibari Misora (美空 ひばり) So Yamamura (山村聡) Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子) Satsuki Arakawa (荒川さつき)...
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    Senhime also appeared in a 1962 movie Senhime to Hideyori, starring Hibari Misora as Senhime. The film begins from the siege and fall of Osaka castle...
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  • fights for copyrights]. The Liberty Times. 台灣的「美空雲雀」 ──陳芬蘭 [Taiwan's "Hibari Misora" — Chen Fen-lan]. Taiwan Panorama. March 2001. p. 108. This source neglected...
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    Gassen 2 Minato Machi Blues 23/23 Hibari Misora Finalista(1) 1970/21st Kohaku Uta Gassen 3 Ginza no Onna 24/24 Hibari Misora(2) Finalista(2) 1971/22nd Kohaku...
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    is a 1952 black and white Japanese film directed by Mizuho Shunkai. Hibari Misora Keiji Sada Keiko Kishi Kuniko Miyake Shunji Sakai Ichirō Shimizu Ryūji...
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  • actresses of Hibari, Hikari and Himari. They sing many of the insert songs and ending themes. Their names are thinly-veiled references to Hibari Misora and Hikaru...
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    Lenny Kravitz, Béla Bartók, Mozart, Jeff Buckley, Yutaka Ozaki, and Hibari Misora. Elsewhere, she has also listed R&B artists Aaliyah, Mariah Carey, and...
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    Kiyose, Tokyo, where she grew up. Her mother, a fan of Hibari Misora, made her listen to Hibari's songs and taught her how to sing. Eventually, Nakamori...
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