The Hot 100 launched in 1958, just 13 years after the end of World War II. The war was still well within living memory, and I have to imagine that it left deep psychic wounds all across the globe. And ...

Growing up, family parties would wind down around our favorite special occasion appliance. My father clumsily ran cables from the karaoke machine into our television, transforming the living room into ...

Underlying the sweetness of Kyu Sakamoto's unexpected hit song "Sukiyaki" was a story of sadness and loss. (Courtesy of the artist) ...

(CBS 11) - Today's song was a #1 hit from 1963… and sung all in Japanese!! Kyu Sakamoto (born November 10, 1941 in Kawasaki, Japan and died on August 12, 1985 in a plane crash) was a Japanese adult ...

In 1963 Japanese pop star Kyu Sakamoto topped the American pop charts with a song titled "Ue O Muite Aruko" ("Let's look up as we walk") and, weirdly, retitled Sukiyaki in the U.S. The song promptly ...

In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, here's a look back at some of the major strides made by Asian artists in chart history, from the 1960s to the 2020s. By Cam Zhang While Asian artists have long been ...

A number of American artists and bands have achieved significant success in Japan but very few Japanese musicians have become popular in the United States. In fact, only one Japanese artist has ever ...

Chaelin Lee—better known as CL—is attempting to become a household name in the U.S. It won't be easy. In the summer of 1963, Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto accomplished what no other artist from Asia ...

Growing up, family parties would wind down around our favorite special occasion appliance. My father clumsily ran cables from the karaoke machine into our television, transforming the living room into ...

Fifty years ago today, the No. 1 song in America was an import from Japan: a song about young love called "Sukiyaki," sung by Kyu Sakomoto. Ian Condry, who teaches Japanese culture at MIT, says ...