Year by year
1973 · Before city pop
The early 1970s, when Happy End, Tin Pan Alley and the new music singer-songwriters laid the groundwork for the urban sound that followed.
Key releases of 1973
- Hosono House (album) — Haruomi Hosono
Full articles: Hosono House
Debut albums in 1973
- Minako Yoshida 吉田美奈子
- Haruomi Hosono 細野晴臣
- Yumi Matsutoya 松任谷由実
- Yoshitaka Minami 南佳孝
