Apologies for the long absence. We’ve been really busy this summer, but hope to start posting regularly again next month.
A lot of people are probably familiar with the cute Japanese singing duo known as The Peanuts. The Peanuts were made up of twin sisters Emi & Yûmi Ito and they’re mostly remembered for playing the Shobijin (Fairy Twins) in the original 1961 Mothra movie. They originally called themselves the Ito Sisters, but changed their name to The Peanuts in 1958 when they began an extensive recording career in Tokyo, which lasted from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The Peanuts’ popularity began to fizzle in the 1970s and they stopped recording and performing together in 1975.
Japanese music fans should enjoy listening to a couple of The Peanuts’ more obscure songs which really show off their great harmonies. The first song is called Small White Boat and its haunting melody showcases some of the best Peanuts’ vocals we’ve heard . The second song is simply called Bossa Nova and it’s a great tune that Bossa fans should enjoy.
Small White Boat - The Peanuts
Bossa Nova - The Peanuts
If you’d like to find out more about the Peanuts we recommend visiting Lawrence Tuczynski’s extensive Godzilla Monster Music site which is a lot of fun to explore and the best English language site for information about The Peanuts we’ve come across.
You can also enjoy a live performance of their popular tune Koi no Vacance (aka A Vacancy of Love) in this great clip featuring The Peanuts in the early as well as later part of their singing career.
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