SAYONARA - Japanese Farewell -3 Songs. Sonny James + 2

[EmpireCrusade]

Sayonara!!!!

[masterhide]

Way to pronounce everything wrong doods.

[nettaiyadoya]

これこそトロピカルミュージックの金字塔！

[danonguam]

No, Kyu Sakamoto is not the original singer here. This song is older than he!

Literally Shina no Yoru means China Night, and I first heard it in 1956, and it was old then!

danongaum

[ListentoShells]

Thank you for these wonderful oldies. :) If it weren't for people like you posting them, it would be very hard for me to find. :)

God bless.

[kh5744]

'Shina no yoru' - China Nights - is very famous, sung in the 1930s by Ri Koran (Li Xianglan or Yoshiko Yamaguchi) if I'm not mistaken. Sonny James doesn't do too bad considering it's way back in the 1960s when the only American whites who could speak Japanese were about 8 or 9 Yale grads . . .

[carlbrown169]

I was in Japan in 1953 at Misawa AFB...Thought the song was beautiful and still think so. 007james B.

[99Hipp]

@carlbrown169 I was also in Japan at Misawa AB in 1957 amd remember hearing this tune. What a great time it was.

[tokyokisshu122]

This was originally by Kyu Sakamoto, amirite? Ok well anyway great song :D Kudos to the guy singing Jap at the start, it sounds great!

[GSMusicMoments]

Kyu sang Sukiyaki.

[tokyokisshu122]

mmkay maybe it wasn't the original, but kyu did also sing Shina no Yoru :3

[GSMovieMoments]

Shina No Yoru is an older song than both of them, also called China Nights. Yes I do see Kyu had it as the followup to Sukiyaki, and it reached #58 in US. I don't remember hearing it. Let me know if it shows up.

[ply38]

did someone know the title of the first song in this video please tell me?

[GSMovieMoments]

In description at right.

[andorionstar]

Wonder what year they recorded this song originally. Anyone knows? The song itself is beautiful.

[GeoSilverAway]

If you mean Sonny James, it was just for the 1964 album.

[alanjazzfan]

All good songs. 'Shina-No-Yoru' is beautiful and kudos to Sonny James for singing it in Japanese as well as English.