Dropping the needle…
Year by year
1980 · Ride on Time
A cassette-tape commercial turns Tatsuro Yamashita into a star. The Walkman, launched the previous year, makes music portable — city pop becomes the soundtrack of the drive and the commute.
Key releases of 1980
- Ride on Time (album) — Tatsuro Yamashita
- Pocket Park (album) — Miki Matsubara
- Miss M (album) — Mariya Takeuchi
- Purple Town (single) — Junko Yagami
Full articles: Pocket Park, Ride on Time
Debut albums in 1980
- Miki Matsubara 松原みき
- Kingo Hamada 濱田金吾
- Mai Yamane 山根麻衣
- Yukari Ito 伊東ゆかり
- Nobuyuki Shimizu 清水信之
- Motoharu Sano 佐野元春
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ザ・チェリーズ
11月の風 / 昼顔
Koasa Shunputei
1999
Tinna
1st.
Dew
Back To The Street
Motoharu Sano
Coast To Coast (Live In USA)
Native Son
Corner Top
Nobuyuki Shimizu
Down Town = ダウン・タウン
Epo
Fashionable Lover
Hi-Fi Set
Finger Dancin'
Masayoshi Takanaka
Flyin' Over Yasuko, Love-Bird
Yasuko Agawa
Foolish(渚のポストマン)
Kaoru Sudo
Goodies = グッディーズ
Epo
I'm In Love
Fujiro
Love Collection
Hi-Fi Set
Love Songs
Mariya Takeuchi
Love Songs = ラヴ・ソングス
Mariya Takeuchi
Made In Japan
Yuuko Shibuya
Make Up City
Casiopea
Miss M
Mariya Takeuchi
Monday Morning
Bread & Butter
Murdered By The Music = 音楽殺人
Yukihiro Takahashi
New Music Best Collection – 君は天然色～ランナウェイ
Various
Northern Scene
Hiroaki Igarashi