Jun Mayuzumi Explained
Jun Mayuzumi (黛ジュン ; born 26 May 1948, in Chōfu, Tokyo) is a Japanese singer. Her best known songs include "Tenshi-no Yūwaku" (Angel's Temptation 1968).[1] [2] She won a Japan Record Award in 1969, and won the inaugural Yamaha Popular Song Contest Grand Prix at the Nemu no Sato Indoor Hall, on November 5, 1970. She appeared on the New Year's Eve Kōhaku Uta Gassen show for four years, 1967-1970.
Discography
Singles
- Koi no Hallelujah (1967. 2. 15) covered 1994
- Otome no Inori (1968. 1. 5)
- Tenshi no Yūwaku (1968. 5. 1)
- Yūdzuki (1968. 9. 10)
- Fushigina Taiyō (1969. 2. 21)
- Kumoni noritai (1969. 6. 1) covered 1986
- Doyō no Yoru Nanika ga Okiru (1969. 12. 20)
- Jiyū no Megami (1970. 5. 25)
- Ji wa Nagareru (1970. 9. 5)
- Yūshū (1971. 3. 1)
- Totemo Fukōna Asa ga Kita (1971. 7. 25)
- Yuki ga Furunoni (1971. 12)
- Hadashi no Yōsei (1972. 3. 25)
- To wa Hitotsu (1972. 8. 5)
- Basu wo Oritara (1972. 12)
- Kawagishi (1973. 5)
- Rorie no Kizuato (1973. 11)
- Fuyu Keshō (1974. 10. 10)
- Kanpai (1975. 3. 10)
- etc.
Kōhaku Uta Gassen Appearances
| Year | | Song | No. | VS | Remarks |
|---|
| 1967 (Showa 42)/18th | 1 | Kiri No Kanatani (霧のかなたに,Beyond The Fog) | 18/23 | Akira Ichirou | |
| 1968 (Showa 43)/19th | 2 | Tenshi No Yuwaku (天使の誘惑,Angel Love) | 22/23 | Shinichi Mori | Second Finale |
| 1969 (Showa 44)/20th | 3 | Kumoninoritai (雲にのりたい,Among The Clouds) | 14/23 | Sagawa Mitsuo | |
| 1970 (Showa 45)/21st | 4 | Doyō No Yoru Nanikagaokiru (土曜の夜何かが起きる,Something Feelin' And It's A Saturday Night) | 6/24 | Yukio Hashi | | |
Notes and References
- Toru Mitsui Made in Japan: Studies in Popular Music 2014 1135955344 p.12 "In the late 1960s kayōkyoku songs noticeably influenced by Western popular music steadily increased and such songs as “Tenshi-no Yūwaku” (Angel's Temptation) sung by Jun Mayuzumi "
- John Francis DE FRANCIS, Leatrice T. Mirikitani Things Japanese in Hawaii 1972 - Page 33 "Jun Mayuzumi, a young singer who also visited the Islands and worked closely with the HJJCC in the course of making a movie in which she portrayed the role of a Cherry Blossom contestant."
