Southern All Stars

Southern All Stars (Japaneseサザン オールスター ズsazan Oru sutāzu ) is a Japanese rock group from Yokohama. The band is considered especially since it is on the stage for over 30 years and still today still enthusiastic young people. This makes it a multi-generational musical heritage in a very fast paced country like Japan.

History

While Kuwata Keisuke studied at the Aoyama Gakuin University, he played in a band called Better Days. There he met Yuko Hara and Sekiguchi Kazuyuki. That was the start of the Southern All Stars.

The Southern All Stars took on June 25, 1978 releasing their debut single, Katte ni Shindobaddo (勝手 に シンドバッド). Good lyrics and striking melodies made ​​the Southern All Stars famous and popular all over Japan. Due to their special style, they were initially decried by critics as a comic ribbon. However, these negative reviews were silent with the times and ever since their third single Itoshi no Eri (いとし の エリー), which in 1979 celebrated a huge success were the Southern All Stars to a constant size until today in the otherwise fast-paced Japanese music world. Their 44th single TSUNAMI was sold 3 million copies and won the 2000 the 42nd Japan Record Grand Prize. 2003 celebrated the band its 25th anniversary.

October 2005 came out the last studio album Killer Street and immediately debuted at # 1 on the Japanese charts.

18 May 2008 Victor Entertainment announced that Southern All Stars in 2009 to take a break. The artists themselves will pursue their individual activities. The band will however come to a not yet fixed time in the future together.

In July 2010, she was diagnosed with singer Kuwata Keisuke esophageal cancer and all tours and releases of the band that were planned by the end of the year, were delayed or canceled completely. The cancer was surgically removed and Kuwata could occur as a solo artist on 31 December 2010 at the 61st Kohaku Uta Gassen with a new song.

Style

The pieces of the group cover a wide spectrum of music. Love songs, ballads, socially critical and humorous songs belong to the repertoire of the Southern All Stars.

Discography

Singles

  • 勝手 に シンドバッド( Katte ni SHINDOBADDO ) June 25, 1978
  • 気分 しだい で 責め ない で( Kibun shidai de Semenaide ) November 25, 1978
  • いとし の エリー( Itoshi no Eri, Elly my Love ) March 25, 1979
  • 思い過ごし も 恋 の うち( Omoisugoshi mo Koi no Uchi ) July 25, 1979
  • C調 言葉 に 御 用心(C chō Kotoba ni Goyōjin ) October 25, 1979
  • 涙 の アベニュー( Namida no ABENYŪ, Avenue of tears ) February 21, 1980
  • 恋する マンスリー·デイ(Koi suru Mansuri DEI ) 21 March 1980
  • いなせ な ロコ モーション( Inase na ROKOMŌSYON, Live the Locomotion ) May 21, 1980
  • ジャズ マン( JAZZ MAN) June 21, 1980
  • わすれ じ の レイド·バック( Wasureji no Reido BAKKU ) July 21, 1980
  • シャ·ラ·ラ/ごめんね チャーリー(SHA RA RA / Gomenne Chari, Sha la la / I'm sorry Charlie ) November 21, 1980
  • Big Star Blues (ビッグ スター の 悲劇) June 21, 1981
  • 栞 の テーマ( Shiori no TEEMA, Shiori 's Theme ) September 21, 1981
  • チャコ の 海岸 物語( CHAKO no Kaigan Monogatari ) January 21, 1982
  • 匂 艶THE NIGHT CLUB ( Niji iro The Night Club ) May 21, 1982
  • Ya Ya (あの 時代 を 忘れ ない) (Ya Ya ( Ano Toki wo Wasure nai ) ) October 5, 1982
  • ボディ·スペシャルII ( BODY SPECIAL) March 5, 1983
  • EMANON July 5, 1983
  • 東京 シャッフル( Tōkyō Shuffle) November 5, 1983
  • ミス·ブラン ニュー·デイ(MISS BRAND -NEW DAY) June 25, 1984
  • Tarako October 21, 1984
  • Bye Bye My Love (U are the one ) October 21, 1984
  • メロディ( Melody ) October 21, 1984
  • みんなのうた( Minna no Uta, Everybody's song) June 25, 1988
  • 女神 達 へ の 情歌(報道 さ れ ないY型 の 彼方 へ) ( Megami Tachi e no Joka ( Hodo sarenai Y Kei no Kanata e)) 12 April 1989
  • さよなら ベイビー( Sayonara baby) June 7, 1989
  • フリフリ'65 ( Fri fri Sixty -five ) November 21, 1989
  • 真夏 の 果実( Manatsu no Kajitsu, Fruits of midsummer ) 25 July 1990
  • ネオ·ブラボー! ( Neo Bravo! ) July 10, 1991
  • シュラバ ★ ラ ★ バンバSHULABA LA BAMBA /君 だけ に 夢 を もう一度( SHURABA ★ ★ RA Banba / Kimi Dake ni Yume where Mo Ichido, SHULABA LA BAMBA / The dream only to you again) July 18, 1992
  • 涙 の キッス( Namida no Kissu, Kiss of tears ) July 18, 1992
  • エロティカ·セブンEROTICA SEVEN July 21, 1993
  • 素敵 な バーディー(NO NO BIRDY ) ( Suteki na badi ( No No Birdy ), Wonderful birdie (NO NO BIRDY ) ) 21: July 1993
  • クリスマス·ラブ(涙 の あと に は 白い 雪 が 降る) ( Christmas Love ( Namida no Ato ni wa Shiroi Yuki ga Furu ) November 20, 1993
  • マンピー のG ★ SPOT ( Mampi 's G- spot) May 22, 1995
  • あなた だけ を~ ( Anata dake where ~ Summer Heartbreak ~ Only You ~ Summer heartbreak ~ ) Summer Heartbreak ~ July 17, 1995
  • 愛 の 言霊~ Spiritual Message ~ May 20, 1996
  • 太陽 は 罪 な 奴( Taiyo wa Tsumi na Yatsu, The sun is a crime fellow ) June 25, 1996
  • 01MESSENGER ~電子 狂 の 詩~ (ZERO -ONE MESSENGER ~ Denshi Kyo no Uta ~, Electronic maniac 's song ) August 21, 1997
  • BLUE HEAVEN November 6, 1997
  • LOVE AFFAIR ~秘密 の デート~ ( Love Affair ~ Himitsu no deto ~ LOVE AFFAIR ~ ~ Secret date ) February 11, 1998
  • PARADISE July 29, 1998
  • イエロー マン~ ~星の王子様( YELLOW MAN ~ Hoshi no Oujisama ~, Yellow Man ~ Prince in Star ~ ) March 25, 1999
  • TSUNAMI January 26, 2000
  • HOTEL PACIFIC July 19, 2000
  • この 青い 空,みどり~ BLUE IN GREEN ~ November 1, 2000
  • 涙 の 海 で 抱か れ たい~ SEA OF LOVE ~ ( Namida no Umi de Dakare tai ~ Sea of ​​Love ~, I want to be held in the sea of tears ~ SEA OF LOVE ~ ) July 23, 2003
  • 彩~ ~ Aja ( Aja Coloring ~ ~ ) April 14, 2004
  • 君 こそ スター だ/夢 に 消え た ジュリア( koso Kimi Suta since / Yume ni Kieta Juria, Only you are the star / Julia Disappears in a dream ) July 21, 2004
  • 愛 と 欲望 の 日 々 / LONELY WOMAN (Ai to Yokubō no Hibi, Every day, love and desire ) November 24, 2004
  • BOHBO No.5 /神の島 遥か 国( Bohbo NANBAA FAIBU / Kami no Shima Haruka Kuni, BOHBO No.5 / God 's Iceland, the world so far July 20, 2005
  • ロックン ロール·スーパー マン~ ~ Rock'n'Roll Superman ( Superman Rock'n'Roll )
  • DIRTY OLD MAN ~さらば 夏 よ~ ( DIRTY OLD MAN ~ Saraba Natsu yo ~ ) 2006
  • I AM YOUR SINGER 2008
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