Yoo Jae-ha#Discography

{{Short description|South Korean musician (1962–1987)}}

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| name = Yoo Jae-ha

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1962|6|6}}

| birth_place = Andong, South Korea{{Cite web|url=http://news.imaeil.com/Society/2016053021300781983|script-title=ko:대구는 김광석거리, 안동은 유재하거리|last=Jeon|first=Jong-hun|date=May 30, 2016|website=Maeil Business Newspaper|language=ko|access-date=November 22, 2019}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|11|1|1962|6|6}}

| death_place = Seoul, South Korea

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| occupations = Singer, songwriter

| years_active = 1984–1987

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| hangul = 유재하

| hanja = 柳在夏

| rr = Yu Jaeha

| mr = Yu Chaeha

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Yoo Jae-ha ({{korean|유재하|hanja=柳在夏}};{{Cite web|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/01/21/2014012104206.html|script-title=ko:더 깨끗해진 유재하 목소리|last=Han|first=Hyeon-u|date=January 22, 2014|website=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko|access-date=November 22, 2019}} June 6, 1962 – November 1, 1987){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxxmDwAAQBAJ&q=%EC%9C%A0%EC%9E%AC%ED%95%98&pg=PT90|script-title=ko:노래 풍경: 장유정의 음악 산문집|last=Jang|first=Yu-jeong|publisher=ALMA|year=2018|isbn=9791159921704}} was a South Korean singer and songwriter.{{cite web|url=http://news20.busan.com/controller/newsController.jsp?newsId=20160422000032|title=[대중음악가 열전] 6. 뮤지션 유재하|publisher=Busan Ilbo|date=April 21, 2016|access-date=May 15, 2016}} His first and only album, Because I Love You ({{Korean|hangul=사랑하기 때문에}}) was released through Seoul Records in 1987.{{Cite web|url=https://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?cid=58276&docId=3388739&categoryId=58283|title=사랑하기 때문에|last=Choe|first=Gyu-seong|publisher=Korea Popular Music Research Institute|language=ko|access-date=November 22, 2019}} Yoo died in a car accident months later from the album release at age 25.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/the-korea-blog/yoo-jae-k-pop-masterpiece-love-30-years-untimely-death/|title=Yoo Jae-ha's "Because I Love You," 30 Years After His Untimely Death|last=Marshall|first=Colin|date=November 19, 2017|website=Blog: Los Angeles Review of Books|language=en-US|access-date=November 22, 2019}} Even though he died with only one album, Yoo Jae-ha's music has a great legacy in South Korea, and it is credited with exerting tremendous influence in Korean popular music.