# Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute: The Popular Music

Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute (筒美京平トリビュート), subtitled the popular music, is a tribute album to a Japanese composer Kyōhei Tsutsumi, released in 2007 by Natutawave Records under the distribution of Universal Music Group.

## Album information

The album was produced to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Tsutsumi's professional career as a songwriter. Tadataka Watanabe, his younger brother who has worked as a record executive of Warner Music Japan, was credited as a producer of the whole album.
From among over five-hundreds of his compositions that entered the Japanese chart, following songs were chosen for the album. These original versions were also compiled on CD entitled The Popular Music: Original Compilation, and simultaneously released with tribute album.
| Title | Lyricist | Original Performer | Notes |
| "Saraba Koibito" | Osamu Kitayama | Masaaki Sakai | Release date – May 1, 1971 Chart position: #2 |
| "Blue Light Yokohama" | Jun Hashimoto | Ayumi Ishida | Release date – December 25, 1968 Chart position: #1 |
| "Tasogare My Love" | Yū Aku | Junko Ōhashi | Release date – August 5, 1978 Chart position: #2 |
| "Sexual Violet No.1" | Takashi Matsumoto | Masahiro Kuwana | Release date – June 21, 1979 Chart position: #1 |
| "Ningyo" | Nokko | Nokko | Release date – March 9, 1994 Chart position: #2 |
| "Osewa ni Narimashita" | Michio Yamagami | Jun Inoue | Release date – September 21, 1971 Chart position: #17 |
| "Tonde Istanbul" | Tetsuya Chiaki | Mayo Shono | Release date – April 1, 1978 Chart position: #3 |
| "Miserarete" | Yoko Aki | Judy Ongg | Release date – February 25, 1979 Chart position: #1 |
| "Natsu no Klaxon" | Masao Urino | Junichi Inagaki | Release date – July 21, 1983 Chart position: #23 |
| "Manatsu no Dekigoto" | Jun Hashimoto | Miki Hirayama | Release date – May 25, 1971 Chart position: #5 |
| "Momen no Handkerchief" | Takashi Matsumoto | Hiromi Ōta | Release date – December 21, 1975 Chart position: #2 |
| "Mata Au Hi Made" | Yū Aku | Kiyohiko Ozaki | Release date – March 5, 1971 Chart position: #1 |
About this project, Tsutsumi said as follow: "Songs I wrote 30 or 40 years ago were revisited by younger artists. They have completed 12 tracks for this album, in their own very distinctive and attractive renditions. As a songwriter, I couldn't be happier. I would like to show my greatest gratitude to all the artists and personnel who took part in producing the album."

## Track listing

All songs composed by Kyōhei Tsutsumi
* "Saraba Koibito (さらば恋人)" – 3:04
** Performer – Masayoshi Yamazaki
** Arranger – Takayuki Hattori
* "Blue Light Yokohama (ブルー・ライト・ヨコハマ)" – 3:30
** Performer – Kou Shibasaki
** Arranger – Keiji Tanabe (with strings arrangement by Yasuaki Maejima)
* "Tasogare My Love (たそがれマイ･ラブ)" – 3:59
** Performer – Hideaki Tokunaga
** Arranger – Tokunaga, Masayuki Sakamoto
* "Sexual Violet No.1" – 4:44
** Performer – Tsunku
** Arranger – Shunsuke Suzuki
* "Ningyo (人魚)" – 4:39
** Performer – Bonnie Pink
** Arranger – Shuntaro Kobayashi
* "Osewa ni Narimashita (お世話になりました)" (renewed lyrics by ET-King) – 2:58
** Performer – ET-King
* "Tonde Istanbul Homme (飛んでイスタンブール Homme)" – 5:54
** Performer – Masafumi Akikawa
** Arranger – Takeshi Senoo
* "Miserarete (魅せられて)" – 3:49
** Performer – Hitomi Shimatani
** Arranger – Yuta Nakano
* "Natsu no Klaxon (夏のクラクション)" – 4:12
** Performer – Gospellers
** Arranger – Akira Inoue
* "Manatsu no Dekigoto (真夏の出来事)" – 5:09
** Performer – melody.
** Arranger – melody., Yuichi Hamamatsu
* "Momen no Handkerchief (木綿のハンカチーフ)" – 5:06
** Performer – Masamune Kusano (from Spitz)
** Arranger – Shintarō Tokita (from Sukima Switch)
* "Mata Au Hi Made (また逢う日まで)" – 2:48
** Performer – Crazy Ken Band
** Arranger – Masao Onose, Trio the Dog Horns

## Chart positions

| Chart (2007) | Position |
| Japanese Oricon Albums Chart | 12 |