She seems to be living a lot of life.Only if you can live once...
Before her debut Born on Wednesday 30 March 1938 in Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, the fourth of two sons and four daughters of Toshio Shimakura, father of a police officer, and Naka, mother. The Shimakura family is said to be descended from Asakura Yoshikage, lord of Echizen Ichijodani Castle.
In 1945 (age 7), she was evacuated to Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. She had also been evacuated to Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, where her parents lived, for six months. While carrying water from a well, she fell and broke a bottle of water, injuring herself from her left wrist to her elbow. Her mother, Naka, pleaded with the doctor to leave her arm because she was a girl, and although she was spared amputation, she received 47 stitches and had no feeling or ability to move (she later became able to move it, albeit with difficulty). The blood transfusion at this time was a distant cause of hepatitis C, which Chiyoko later contracted. Her mother Naka began to play ‘The Apple Song’ for Chiyoko, who was feeling down. Chiyoko later made her debut as a singer with ‘The Flower of the World’, which, like ‘Ringo no Uta’, was composed by Tadashi Manjome.
In 1947 (aged 9), she returned to Tokyo. Her older sister Toshiko was a talented singer, but she suffered from paediatric paralysis and could not become a singer. She decided to become a singer herself for her favourite sister. She learnt vocal music from Toshiko and joined the neighbourhood ‘Wakadana’ orchestra. She played the accordion, which was easy on her left hand. Because of her singing ability, she was also used as a vocalist. The sisters participated in every throat singing contest held at the local Shinagawa shrine.
In March 1949, the children's song ‘Oyama no Oyamaru’ was released by Teichiku Records. However, due to a misprint (said to be an error by a record company employee), the name was changed to ‘Chiyoko Tokura’, so it did not become the debut work of ‘Chiyoko Shimakura’ .
1950s. In 1953 (aged 15), she entered the private Nippon Music High School (now Shinagawa Gakugei High School) in Shinagawa Ward. She began to actively participate in singing competitions; in 1954 she won the Columbia National Singing Competition and signed an exclusive contract with the company.
In March 1955 (aged 16), she made her debut as a singer under her real name, Shimakura Chiyoko. Her debut song, ‘Flower of This World’ (the theme song of the film of the same name), was supposed to be recorded by Columbia Rose, but was not available, so it was passed on to Shimakura [6]. As a result, six months later, she achieved two million copies and became a popular singer (later covered in a TV drama and again in the second film of the same name in 1977); she released new songs at an astonishing rate: 23 in 1955, 34 in 1956, 37 in 1957 and 33 in 1958.
In 1957 (at the age of 19), ‘Tokyo Da-yo Oh Mama’ became a hit, selling 1.5 million copies. It was also made into a film, in which she herself starred. That year she made her first appearance at the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen (the song was ‘Aitakitaina ano hito ni’). She sang it again in 1976 and 1979). At the time, the salary of a university graduate salaryman was 10,000 yen, but Chiyoko always had 2,000 yen in her purse. In March of that year, a 16-year-old unemployed boy was arrested for trying to murder Shimakura . From https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B3%B6%E5%80%89%E5%8D%83%E4%BB%A3%E5%AD%90
If it were a film, it might end here, but the rest of her life is as long as the complete works of Dostoevsky. I like her pop side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBzF3Detvo Great lyrics. If there really is a God in this world I'd rather die in your arms
She seems to be living a lot of life.Only if you can live once...
ReplyDeleteBefore her debut
Born on Wednesday 30 March 1938 in Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, the fourth of two sons and four daughters of Toshio Shimakura, father of a police officer, and Naka, mother. The Shimakura family is said to be descended from Asakura Yoshikage, lord of Echizen Ichijodani Castle.
In 1945 (age 7), she was evacuated to Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. She had also been evacuated to Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, where her parents lived, for six months. While carrying water from a well, she fell and broke a bottle of water, injuring herself from her left wrist to her elbow. Her mother, Naka, pleaded with the doctor to leave her arm because she was a girl, and although she was spared amputation, she received 47 stitches and had no feeling or ability to move (she later became able to move it, albeit with difficulty). The blood transfusion at this time was a distant cause of hepatitis C, which Chiyoko later contracted. Her mother Naka began to play ‘The Apple Song’ for Chiyoko, who was feeling down. Chiyoko later made her debut as a singer with ‘The Flower of the World’, which, like ‘Ringo no Uta’, was composed by Tadashi Manjome.
In 1947 (aged 9), she returned to Tokyo. Her older sister Toshiko was a talented singer, but she suffered from paediatric paralysis and could not become a singer. She decided to become a singer herself for her favourite sister. She learnt vocal music from Toshiko and joined the neighbourhood ‘Wakadana’ orchestra. She played the accordion, which was easy on her left hand. Because of her singing ability, she was also used as a vocalist. The sisters participated in every throat singing contest held at the local Shinagawa shrine.
In March 1949, the children's song ‘Oyama no Oyamaru’ was released by Teichiku Records. However, due to a misprint (said to be an error by a record company employee), the name was changed to ‘Chiyoko Tokura’, so it did not become the debut work of ‘Chiyoko Shimakura’ .
1950s.
In 1953 (aged 15), she entered the private Nippon Music High School (now Shinagawa Gakugei High School) in Shinagawa Ward. She began to actively participate in singing competitions; in 1954 she won the Columbia National Singing Competition and signed an exclusive contract with the company.
In March 1955 (aged 16), she made her debut as a singer under her real name, Shimakura Chiyoko. Her debut song, ‘Flower of This World’ (the theme song of the film of the same name), was supposed to be recorded by Columbia Rose, but was not available, so it was passed on to Shimakura [6]. As a result, six months later, she achieved two million copies and became a popular singer (later covered in a TV drama and again in the second film of the same name in 1977); she released new songs at an astonishing rate: 23 in 1955, 34 in 1956, 37 in 1957 and 33 in 1958.
In 1957 (at the age of 19), ‘Tokyo Da-yo Oh Mama’ became a hit, selling 1.5 million copies. It was also made into a film, in which she herself starred. That year she made her first appearance at the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen (the song was ‘Aitakitaina ano hito ni’). She sang it again in 1976 and 1979). At the time, the salary of a university graduate salaryman was 10,000 yen, but Chiyoko always had 2,000 yen in her purse. In March of that year, a 16-year-old unemployed boy was arrested for trying to murder Shimakura .
From https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B3%B6%E5%80%89%E5%8D%83%E4%BB%A3%E5%AD%90
If it were a film, it might end here, but the rest of her life is as long as the complete works of Dostoevsky.
I like her pop side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBzF3Detvo
Great lyrics.
If there really is a God in this world
I'd rather die in your arms
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