Happy End
Happy End (はっぴいえんど) was a Japanese
folk band that existed between
1970 and
1973. Happy End's albums blended Western folk singing with Japanese melodies. Its members were
Haruomi Hosono (細野晴臣), Eiichi Ohtaki 大瀧詠一), Takashi Matsumoto (松本隆), Shigeru Suzuki (鈴木茂).
Happy end was unique in that its singers, Harmoumi Hosono and Takashi Matsumoto, sang in Japanese. Hosono later went on to form the
Yellow Magic Orchestra. In
2003, the Happy End song "Kaze Wo Atsumete" appeared on the
Lost In Translation movie
soundtrack.
Albums
- Happy End (はっぴいえんど), 1970
- Kazemachi Roman (風街ろまん) 1971
- Happy End, 1973
- City - Happy End Best Album (CITY／はっぴいえんどベスト・アルバム), 1973
- Live Happy End (ライブ・はっぴいえんど」), 1974
- Singles (シングルス), 1974
- Best Collection (ベスト・コレクション) 197?
- Happy End Story (はっぴいえんどストーリー), 1982
- Happy End & Kazemachi Roman (はっぴいえんど&風街ろまん), 1984
- The Happy End, 1985
- Best (ベスト), 1985
- Greeeatest Live! On Stage, 1986
- Live On Stage, 1989
- Happy End Best (はっぴいえんどベスト), 1993
- Happy End (はっぴいえんど), 1993
- Singles:
- 12 Gatsu No Ame No Hi (１２月の雨の日), 1971
- Hanaichimonme (花いちもんめ), 1971
- Sayonara America Sayonara Nippon (さよならアメリカさよならニッポン), 1973
- Ashita Tenki Ni Naare / Kaze Wo Atsumete / Ayakashi No Dohbutsuen (Live Version) (あしたてんきになあれ／風をあつめて／あやか市の動物園(ライヴ・ヴァージョン)), 1999
See also: Music of Japan