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Rokusuke Ei
Rokusuke Ei
Born
(1933-04-10)April 10, 1933
Died
July 7, 2016(2016-07-07) (aged 83)
Era
Contemporary
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Rokusuke Ei (永 六輔, Ei Rokusuke, April 10, 1933 – July 7, 2016)[1] was a Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist, and television personality of Chinese descent.
Ei wrote the lyrics to the song "Ue o Muite Arukō", known internationally as "Sukiyaki", which has been used in several English language films. He also wrote the lyrics to the song "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" sung by Kyu Sakamoto in 1963. He was a graduate of Waseda University.
^"Rokusuke Ei, who penned lyrics of hit song 'Sukiyaki,' dies：The Asahi Shimbun". Asahi.com. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
Japan portal Music portal Television portal RokusukeEi (永 六輔, EiRokusuke, April 10, 1933 – July 7, 2016) was a Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist...
(1964) was composed by Hachidai Nakamura with the lyrics by RokusukeEi. Nakamura and Ei formerly made the music and lyric of Kyu Sakamoto's U.S. Billboard...
"Moonchild" by Rick James "Everything" † Mary J. Blige Hachidai Nakamura RokusukeEi James Brown Fred Wesley John Starks Linda Creed Thom Bell Share My World...
Almeida featuring Bud Shank; an interpolation of "Sukiyaki", written by RokusukeEi, Hachidai Nakamura and James Cason; an interpolation of "Vapors", written...
Restoration and the Expedition" (Iwanami Shinsho, 2009) ISBN 978-4-00-431229-1 RokusukeEi "Jirochoden / Den / Den" (Special feature of the story, March 1982) ISBN 978-4826400534...
career was inaugurated with the love song "Ue o Muite Arukō" written by RokusukeEi and Hachidai Nakamura. The song was first heard on the NHK entertainment...
member of the performing group Young 101. She spent a year training with RokusukeEi, Toshirō Hayano [ja], Kumi Nakagawa, Hiroko Nakajima [ja], Hachidai Nakamura...
Babyface Babyface 4:16 11. "Everything" Harris Lewis Hachidai Nakamura RokusukeEi James Brown Linda Creed Thom Bell John Starks Fred Wesley Jimmy Jam &...
1932 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015) 1933 – RokusukeEi, Japanese composer and author (d. 2016) 1933 – Helen McElhone, Scottish...
performed by a Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto. It was written by lyricist RokusukeEi and composer Taku Izumi. Izumi won the Japan Record Award. The song was...
Course About Humans, as part of a series titled Why Do People Sing?, RokusukeEi mentioned that he had heard from Fujiko Noguchi that "The 'Aka' (red)...
Johnson 4:01 8. "Say That You'll Stay" Duke Payne Johnson 4:25 9. "Sukiyaki" Hachidai Nakamura RokusukeEi Johnson (English lyrics – uncredited) 3:44...
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