1967 in Japanese music

The 10th Anniversary Osaka International Festival (Japanese: 大阪国際フェスティバル) was held from 7 April to 7 May 1967.[https://www.asahizaidan.or.jp/festival/1958-1967/lineup-1967/ 1967年のラインナップ]. Asahi Shimbun Foundation. The 9th Japan Record Awards were held on 16 December 1967.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210506072311/https://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco9.html 第9回 日本レコード大賞]. Japan Composer's Association. The 18th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1967.[https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/movies/?id=D0009043443_00000 第18回NHK紅白歌合戦]. NHK.

The following reached number 1 according to weekly singles charts published in Billboard:

• 7 January, 28 January, 4 February, 11 February, 18 February and 25 February: {{illm|Yume Wa Yoru Hiraku|ja|夢は夜ひらく}} - {{illm|Ako Midorikawa|ja|緑川アコ}} (Crown) and {{illm|Mari Sono|ja|園まり}} (Polydor)Billboard. 7 January 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q&f=false p 39]. 4 February 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-igEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q&f=false p 77]. 11 February 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false p 58]. 18 February 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-CgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60#v=onepage&q&f=false p 60]. 25 February 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false p 62].
• 4 March and 11 March: Konyawa Odorou (Japanese: 今夜は踊ろう) - {{illm|Ichiro Araki|ja|荒木一郎}}Billboard. 11 March 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71#v=onepage&q&f=false p 71].
• 18 March, 25 March, 1 April, 8 April, 15 April, 22 April, 29 April, 6 May and 20 May: {{illm|Kimikoso Waga Inochi|ja|君こそわが命}} - {{illm|Hiroshi Mizuhara|ja|水原弘}}Billboard. 25 March 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false p 56]. 8 April 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA60#v=onepage&q&f=false p 60]. 15 April 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oCIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false p 58]. 22 April 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false p 66]. 29 April 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false p 56]. 6 May 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false p 52]. 20 May 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6ycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false p 57].
• 13 May, 27 May and 10 June: {{illm|Yogiriyo Konyamo Arigatou|ja|夜霧よ今夜も有難う}} - Yūjirō IshiharaBillboard. 13 May 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_ScEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false p 55]. 27 May 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false p 66]. 10 June 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2ycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false p 58].
• 3 June: Balla Balla - {{illm|The Rainbows|de|Rainbows (Band)|lt=Rainbows}}Billboard. 3 June 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4ScEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false p 66].
• 17 June, 24 June, 1 July, 8 July, 22 July, 29 July and 5 August: Shinjuku Blues (Japanese: 新宿ブルース) - {{illm|Hiroko Ohgi|ja|扇ひろこ}}Billboard. 17 June 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false p 49]. 24 June 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0ycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false p 55]. 1 July 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zCcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false p 55]. 8 July 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false p 53]. 22 July 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54#v=onepage&q&f=false p 54]. 29 July 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false p 52]. 12 August 1967, p 62.
• 15 July: {{illm|Blue Chateau|ja|ブルー・シャトウ}} - Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue CometsBillboard. 15 July 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q&f=false p 48].
• 12 August, 19 August, 2 September, 9 September, 16 September, 23 September, 30 September, 7 October, 14 October: Makkana Taiyō - Hibari Misora and the Blue CometsBillboard. 12 August 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false p 62]. 19 August 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9ykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59#v=onepage&q&f=false p 59]. 2 September 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false p 62]. 16 September 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA69#v=onepage&q&f=false p 69]. 23 September 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA67#v=onepage&q&f=false p 67]. 30 September 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false p 63]. 7 October 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9ycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q&f=false p 68].
• 4 November: Kiri No Kanatani (Japanese: 霧のかなたに) - Jun MayuzumiBillboard. 4 November 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70#v=onepage&q&f=false p 70].
• 23 December: {{illm|Love You Tokyo|ja|ラブユー東京}} - {{illm|Akira Kurosawa and Los Primos|ja|ロス・プリモス}}Billboard. 23 December 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q&f=false p 37].

Sega Enterprises

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly Sega Enterprises singles chart published in Billboard:

• 14 October: Makkana Taiyō - Hibari Misora and the Blue CometsBillboard. 14 October 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qiIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false p 66].
• 21 October and 28 October: Kiri No Kanatani (Japanese: 霧のかなたに) - Jun MayuzumiBillboard. 21 October 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT20#v=onepage&q&f=false p 54]. 28 October 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false p 86].

Original Confidence

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly Oricon singles chart published in Billboard:

• 18 November and 25 November: Kiri No Kanatani (Japanese: 霧のかなたに) - Jun MayuzumiBillboard. 18 November 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59#v=onepage&q&f=false p 59]. 25 November 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q&f=false p 68].
• 2 December, 9 December, 16 December and 30 December: {{illm|Love You Tokyo|ja|ラブユー東京}} - {{illm|Akira Kurosawa and Los Primos|ja|ロス・プリモス}}Billboard. 2 December 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76#v=onepage&q&f=false p 76]. 9 December 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false p 86]. 16 December 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xScEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false p 52]. 30 December 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q&f=false p 32].

Original Confidence (Local)

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly Oricon local singles chart published in Billboard:

• 11 November: Kiri No Kanatani (Japanese: 霧のかなたに) - Jun MayuzumiBillboard. 11 November 1967, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false p 57].

Original Confidence (International)

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly Oricon international singles chart published in Billboard:

• 11 Novemver: Kiri No Kanatani (Japanese: 霧のかなたに) - Jun MayuzumiBillboard. 11 November 1967, p 57.

{{main|List of Oricon number-one singles of 1967}}

The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:[https://news.1242.com/article/159878 本日11月2日は「北国の二人」が幻の"オリコン史上初のシングル1位"に輝いた日]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 2 November 2018.

The music of Chōhen Manga Shōnen Jack to Mahō Tsukai (Japanese: 長編漫画・少年ジャックと魔法使い), by {{illm|Seiichrō Uno|ja|宇野誠一郎}}, won the 22nd Mainichi Film Award for Best Music.[https://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/022.html 第22回 日本映画大賞]

There was a group sounds boom.Bernstein, Sekine and Weissman. The Global Music Industry: Three Perspectives. 2007. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oTnaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA251#v=onepage&q&f=false p 251]. Bourdaghs said it was the leading genre.Bourdaghs. Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Prehistory of J-pop. 2012. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K_y88JwibrMC&pg=PA121#v=onepage&q&f=false p 121]. Honda said that jazz was less popular in 1967 than it had been before."Jazz Losing Ground In Japan: DJ Honda". Billboard. 29 July 1967. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q&f=false p 29].

The value of records production was $96 million."Japanese Musical Instrument Industry is Booming". Japan Report. Vol 14. No 2: 31 January 1968. p 6 at [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UixzhK3jE2AC&pg=PP117#v=onepage&q&f=false p 8]. From the Yomiuri Shimbun. For the first time in the post war period, Japanese musicians sold more records than foreigners.The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=W2JTgQGc99EC&pg=PA355#v=onepage&q&f=false p 355]. Oricon was established.Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. 2003. vol 1. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ws-vAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA572#v=onepage&q&f=false p 572].

The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra did a concert tour the United States."Fiedler-Yomiuri Tour". Billboard. 2 July 1966. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q&f=false p 50].Billboard. 21 October 1967. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT41#v=onepage&q&f=false p 76]."The Japanese are Coming", [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RIg9AQAAIAAJ 16] High Fidelity (Incorporating Musical America) 14Moore. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8kUIAQAAMAAJ Fiedler, the Colorful Mr. Pops: The Man and His Music]. 1968. p 288.Belknap (compiler). [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=o_DEAAAAIAAJ Guide to the Performing Arts 1966]. Scarecrow Press. Metuchen NJ. 1968. p 303.

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• 5 February: "{{illm|My Mary|ja|僕のマリー}}" by The Tigers[https://news.1242.com/article/147843 ザ・タイガースのヒット曲「シーサイド・バウンド」に続く新曲のテーマは、中世ルネッサンス期のイタリアだった]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 26 June 2018.
• June: "Sukisa Sukisa Sukisa" by {{illm|The Carnabeats|ja|ザ・カーナビーツ}}[https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/2094?page=1 パワフルなドラムとハイトーンボイスで人気爆発 ザ・カーナビーツのアイ高野を偲ぶ]. AERA Digital. 2 April 2023.
• 1 June: "{{illm|Kimi Ni Aitai|ja|君に会いたい}}" by {{illm|The Jaguars|ja|ザ・ジャガーズ}}Charts: [https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/84305/rank/single/ Oricon]; [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false Sega Enterprises]; [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false Oricon International].
• 1 August: {{illm|Barairo No Kumo|ja|バラ色の雲}} by the {{illm|Village Singers|ja|ヴィレッジ・シンガーズ}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20101020220343/https://www.joqr.co.jp/m-gift/backnumber/100224_3.html バラ色の雲/ヴィレッジ・シンガーズ]. Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. 24 February 2010.Charts: [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59#v=onepage&q&f=false Oricon].
• 20 August: "{{illm|Mona Liza's Smile|ja|モナリザの微笑 (曲)}}" by The Tigers[https://news.1242.com/article/182826 今から52年前の今日1967年8月20日にリリースされた「モナリザの微笑」は、ザ・タイガースのクラシカル・バロック路線第一弾であった]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 20 August 2019.
• 15 September: {{illm|Koi O Shiyoyo Jenny|ja|恋をしようよジェニー}} by {{illm|The Carnabeats|ja|ザ・カーナビーツ}}[https://news.1242.com/article/125435 50年前の今日、ザ・カーナビーツ「恋をしようよジェニー」がリリースされた]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 15 September 2017.
• 5 October: "Dancing Lonely Night" (ダンシング・ロンリー・ナイト) by {{illm|The Jaguars|ja|ザ・ジャガーズ}}[https://news.1242.com/article/157142 67年10月5日はザ・ジャガーズのシングル第2作「ダンシング・ロンリー・ナイト」の発売日]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 5 October 2018.
• 10 October: {{illm|Nijiiro no mizūmi|ja|虹色の湖}} by {{illm|Akiko Nakamura|ja|中村晃子}}[https://news.1242.com/article/157481 1967年10月10日、中村晃子の「虹色の湖」が発売～"一人GS"と呼ばれる理由]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 10 October 2018.
• 25 October: "{{illm|Wasure-Enu Kimi|ja|忘れ得ぬ君}}" by The Tempters[https://news.1242.com/article/128390 1967年の本日、ザ・テンプターズが「忘れ得ぬ君」でデビュー]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 25 October 2017.

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• "In-Person Report of the Far East Scene". Billboard. 30 December 1967. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q&f=false p 29].
• "Play Now & Pay Later". Billboard. 21 October 1967. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT72#v=onepage&q&f=false p 107].
• Oricon magazine

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