Hirano Aiko

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Hirano Aiko 平野愛子(January 4, 1919 (Taisho 8) – November 22, 1981 was a singer in the Showa period. The chanson singer Hirano Yoshiko was her daughter. Born in Shinjuku, Tokyo. She studied under singer Shika Fumiko and composer Omura Yoshiaki, and graduated from the Japan Song Academy. She was selected from a nationwide singer recruitment called for by Victor at the end of 1945 (Showa 20), with only 7 applicants out of 3000. Her talent blossomed thanks to the singing training and education she received from Victor's exclusive writer Azuma Tatsuzo and others, and together with Azuma, she released many hit songs. Her unique, humid, lustrous singing voice was nicknamed "wet velour." In 1947, she released her first postwar Victor record, "Minato ga Mieru Oka" (The Hill With a View of the Port) (released in April). It was a huge hit, and a park called "Minato ga Mieru Oka Park" was built in Yokohama, where the story is set (lyricist and composer Azuma Tatsumi created it with the image of the port city of Kobe in mind). After that, she had other hits, including "Kimi machiedomo" and "Machiwabite." She was also called the "Young Queen of the Blues." In January 1950, "Shiroi Fune no Iru Minato" (Port with a White Ship) was released and became a hit. However, after Azuma's sudden death, she was not blessed with any other big hits. After that, she moved to Teichiku and Mercury with Itsuro Takeyama, who was a close friend both in private and public life. In her later years, she ran a

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Japanese Retro Hits - The Fifties, Volume 1

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Japanese Oldies

Japanese Retro Hits - The Post War Years

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Vintage Japanese Music, The Modern Enka, Vol. 1 (1950 -1951)

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Minato ga Mieru Oka

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Vintage Japanese Music, The Modern Enka, Vol.1 (1950-1951)

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Shiroi Fune no Illuminato

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Vintage Japanese Music, The Post War Years

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Hatoba no Kage De

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Tango Oriental

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Shiroi Fune no Iru Minato

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Vintage Japanese Music, The Modern Enka, Vol. 3 (1953 - 1955)

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