▶ 佐藤千夜子

東京行進曲

佐藤千夜子 (1929) → 佐藤千夜子 (1929)

1929 — when film themes carried jazz-foxtrot through Ginza

Lyrics by Yaso Saijō, music by Shinpei Nakayama. Chiyoko Satō's Nikkatsu theme fused jazz/foxtrot rhythm, yonanuki melody, and urban scenes — a formative early Kayokyoku hit that helped invent the record-singer era.

Now playing

The 1929 Chiyoko Satō hit — urban modernity and Japanese melody on one disc.

Jazz rhythm and yonanuki melody met as a film theme and set an early Kayokyoku template.

From original to redefined

What to listen for

Jazz rhythm and yonanuki melody met as a film theme and set an early Kayokyoku template.

  • Urban scenery

    Ginza, subways, and dance halls enter lyric and groove together

  • Merge template

    Western dance beat under Japanese melody as a pop format

Search another song