Chiyo Okumura is often referred to as the “Eastern Sylvie Vartan” and with her cute looks and sultry voice it’s pretty easy to see why.
She was a popular vocal star in Japan during 1965-1971 and also appeared in three films for Toho studios alongside actors such as Gen Shimizu, Yutaka Sada, Ryuji Kita and Kei Tani. Chiyo Okumura is still recording and performing in Japan, but she’s most well known for her early efforts.
In 1969-1970 she teamed up with the Japanese songwriters Kunihiko Suzuki and Nakanishi Shitsu to produce three hit singles. “Koi No Dorei” (aka “Love Slave” or “Love Theif”) was the first of these three songs and it’s easily one of Chiyo Okumura best efforts.
“Koi No Dorei” features some nice string and horn arrangements, as well as some solid rhythm guitar and catchy electric piano riffs. It’s one of our favorite Chiyo Okumura songs and really shows off her strong voice.
Song: Koi no Dorei by Chiyo Okumura
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i’ve got one other song by chiyo so it’s nice to hear another great one, good to see her live in action also!!
Comment by robert — June 9, 2006 @ 8:51 pm
I’m really glad you’re enjoying the blog Robert and many thanks for linking to us! It’s been a little slow going recently but we hope to get it back up to speed soon.
Comment by T3rtium Quid — June 17, 2006 @ 5:27 am
What a very good blog about J music!
I like Chiyo Okumura’s songs a lot!
I’ve just upload one music of her on Youtube. The music is Koi no Doren.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu3PKdc4rm8
Comment by Alexandre Imamura — July 25, 2006 @ 4:43 pm
Cette artiste est vraiment extra !
Toute une époque tant côté chant que musicalement !
Je trouve déplorable que l’on ne puisse pas trouver un seul de ses albums, ni une seule de ses compiles en France.
Certaines boutiques sur le web en proposent, mais elles pratiquent des prix souvent prohibitifs !!
Reste le store Japonais de chez Apple, mais on ne peut rien y acheter depuis la France.
Quel dommage …
Heureusement, il y a tout de même YouTube où on peut écouter, et voir parfois, quelques morceaux.
Merci pour le blog, il est vraiment sympa !
Comment by UsagiKun — January 15, 2009 @ 8:03 am