Hachidai Nakamura ( 中村 八大 , Nakamura Hachidai , January 20, 1931 ? June 10, 1992) was a Japanese songwriter and jazz pianist.

Biography [ edit ]

Hachidai Nakamura was born in Qingdao , Republic of China , to Japanese parents, ^[1] before moving to Kurume at a young age, where he attended high school. He graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with a degree in literature. Nakamura extensively played piano during his high school days, where he was invited to perform with local dance band "Yasuhiko Taniguchi and Premier Swing", and "The Red Hat Boys", a student jazz combo.

After Nakamura entered Waseda University, he formed a jazz band named "Big Four" along with Hidehiko Matsumoto , Joji "George" Kawaguchi, and Mitsuru Ono in 1953, but the band was soon disbanded.

As a composer, Nakamura later wrote many songs for various Japanese singers such as Kyu Sakamoto , enka singer Sabur? Kitajima , and Johnny & Associates ' first group Johnnys . He worked closely with lyricist Rokusuke Ei and many of his songs were popularized by singer Kyu Sakamoto. He wrote the music of the popular Japanese song " Ue o muite aruk? ," released in 1961 in Japan. The song was released in the United States under the name "Sukiyaki" in 1963, peaking at the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 . He and Ei also worked on the productions of Johnnys' 1964 debut single "Wakai Namida" and Sabur? Kitajima's 1965 single "Kaerokana."

Compositions [ edit ]

Kyu Sakamoto [ edit ]

• Ue o muite aruk? (上を向いて?こう)
• Ashita ga aru sa (明日があるさ)
• Hitoribotchi no futari (一人ぼっちの二人)
• Sayonara sayonara (さよならさよなら)
• Sekai no kuni kara konnichiwa (世界の?からこんにちは)
• Soshite omoide (そして想い出)
• Kuchibue dake ga (口笛だけが)
• Ikite ite yokatta (生きていてよかった)

Johnnys [ edit ]

• Wakai Namida (若い?)

Sabur? Kitajima [ edit ]

• Kaerokana (?ろかな)

References [ edit ]

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