Stardust Revue Explained

Stardust Revue
Origin:	Saitama, Japan
Genre:	Adult contemporary, folk, fusion, pop, rock, soul
Years Active:	1979–present
Label:	Warner Music Japan (1981–1993) One Up Music (1994–2000) Ohmagatoki (2001–2005) Imperial Records (2006–)
Associated Acts:	Keiji Soeda Masayuki Okazaki
Current Members:	Kaname Nemoto Kiyoshi Kakinuma Masami Terada Toshikatsu "VOH" Hayashi
Past Members:	Yasuhiro Mitani Ken'ichi Mitsuda

, often called as or abbreviated to SDR, is a Japanese popular musical band formed in the late 1970s.

Members

Current members

Regular members

• ; lead vocalist, guitarlist and MC talking^[1]
• ; vocalist and bassist^[1]
• ; vocalist and drummer^[1]
• ; vocalist and percussionist^[1]

Supporting members

• ; vocalist and keyboardist^[1]
• ; vocalist, guitarlist and keyboardist^[1]

Former members

• ; vocalist and keyboardist (1980–1994)^[2]
• ; vocalist and keyboardist (1998–2001)^[3]

History

The four amateur musicians Kaname Nemoto, Kiyoshi Kakinuma, Masami Terada and Toshikatsu "VOH" Hayashi, from Saitama Prefecture, first formed a band called in 1979, to participate in the Yamaha Popular Song Contest, where they won the Best Song Award with the song . In 1981, they renamed the group as, because they desire to show various musical characteristics represented by the jazz standard song "Stardust" and ones of themselves in Revue-style performance. Their earliest recordings were STARDUST REVUE (the first album) and (the first single), both released on May 25, 1981.

On its 20th anniversary year, 2001, they toured all over Japan to hold concerts as usual, and then, on August 4, they performed no less than 101 songs at a concert at the Tsumagoi Multipurpose Arena in Shizuoka, Japan. This performance has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as "the highest number of songs performed in 24 hours by a group."^[4]

Discography

• Within brackets are release dates.

Singles

1. (1981.5.25)
2. (1981.11.28)
3. (1982.5.25)
4. (1983.10.26)
5. (1984.5.25)
6. (1985.1.25)
7. Single Night (1985.9.25)
8. (1986.3.25)
9. (1986.6.25)
10. (1986.10.25)
11. (1987.2.25)
12. One More Time (1987.6.10)
13. (1987.10.25)
14. / One More Time (1988.4.25)^[5]
15. / (1988.4.25)^[5]
16. / (1988.4.25)^[5]
17. (1988.6.25)
18. (1989.2.25)
19. (1989.5.25)
20. Be My Lady (1989.7.25)
21. Lonely Snow Bird (1989.10.25)
22. (1990.2.10)
23. (1990.9.25)
24. (1991.7.10)
25. (1991.10.10)
26. (1992.1.25)
27. (1993.2.10)
28. (1993.7.25)
29. (1994.4.25)
30. (1995.5.10)
31. (1995.10.25)
32. Get Up My Soul (1996.4.25)
33. (1996.10.25)
34. (1997.6.25)
35. (1997.10.15)
36. (1998.5.21)
37. (1998.10.21)
38. (1999.8.21)
39. / (2000.5.17)^[6]
40. What is Love? (2000.11.29)
41. My Love (2001.11.21)
42. Joanna (2002.11.20)
43. My pride,your pride/Step by step (2003.3.26)
44. with Chage and Aska (2003.9.10)
45. with Yo Oizumi (2004.1.28 Hokkaido-limited edition, 2004.3.31 Nationwide edition)
46. Find My Way (2004.7.28)
47. (2004.10.27)
48. (2005.5.25)^[7]
49. (2006.1.25)
50. Wake Up! My Heart (2007.3.21)
51. (2007.7.25)
52. (2008.8.27)^[6]
53. (2009.11.18)
54. (2010.7.21)
55. (2012.2.22)

Albums

Original albums

1. STARDUST REVUE (1981.5.25)
2. (1982.6.25)
3. (1984.7.25)
4. THANK YOU (1985.3.25)
5. VOICE (1986.4.10)
6. CHARMING (1986.12.10)
7. NIGHT SONGS (1987.6.25)
8. SUPER DONUTS (1987.11.28)
9. RENDEZ-VOUS (1988.7.25)
10. In The Sun, In The Shade (1989.7.10)
11. ONE & MILLIONS (1990.10.3)
12. Brightest! (1991.11.6)
13. SOLA (1993.3.10)
14. (1994.5.25)
15. (1995.6.26)
16. Ladies & Gentlemen (1996.7.8)
17. Goodtimes & Badtimes (1997.11.5)
18. Moody Blues (1998.11.5)
19. DEVOTION (1999.11.20)
20. Style (2002.1.1)
21. Heaven (2003.4.23)
22. AQUA (2004.9.29)
23. 31 (2007.9.5)
24. ALWAYS (2008.11.19)
25. (2009.9.16)

Best albums

• Best Wishes (1990.5.25)
• LOVE SONGS (1994.11.30)
• STARS (2000.3.15)
• LOVE SONGS (2002.4.24)^[8]
• LOVE SONGS II (2002.4.24)
• Best Wishes (2002.5.22)^[9]
• HOT MENU (2006.3.1) – Certified as Gold award by RIAJ^[10]
• BLUE STARDUST (2009.5.27)
• RED STARDUST (2009.6.24)
• BLUE & RED STARDUST (2011.2.23)

Live recordings

• FACE TO FACE (1992.10.25)
• SECRET FACE (1992.11.28)
• No Ballads (2001.7.25)
• FACE TO FACE (2002.5.22)^[11]
• SECRET FACE (2002.5.22)^[11]

External links

• Stardust Revue official website
• Imperial Records official website on Stardust Revue

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography. www.s-d-r.jp. 2012-04-24. ja.
2. Web site: esq 三谷泰弘 Biography. www.esqlink.com. 2012-04-24. ja.
3. Web site: 光田健一 Profile 2011年度版. www.kenichi-m.com. 2012-04-24. ja.
4. News: http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000061510. ja:スターダスト・レビュー、「つま恋101曲ライブ」がギネス世界記録に. BARKS. 2012-04-24. ja.
5. Re-released as a　single CD edition.
6. Re-recorded version.
7. Remake version of the 1993's original.
8. Re-released edition of the 1994's.
9. Re-released edition of the 1990s.
10. Web site: The Record 2009-05 Vol.594. 2009-05-10. 13. RIAJ. 2012-04-24. PDF.
11. Re-released edition of the 1992's.