山下達郎
(Tatsuro Yamashita)
Japanese singer-songwriter and producer Tatsuro Yamashita (February 4, 1953) is
often credited with pioneering a genre known as "City Pop," a sophisticated
blend of adult contemporary music and soft rock that enjoyed great popularity in
Japan in the 1980s. Born in the district of Ikebukuro, Tokyo, he began
performing with the band Sugar Babe alongside Taeko Ohnuki and Kunio Muramatsu.
After releasing the band's first and only album, 1975's Songs, he signed with
RCA and kicked off his solo career the next year, releasing the LP Circus Town.
Following the warm reception of 1979's M...
