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1st Japan Record Awards

1959 Japanese music awards ceremony

Summary

1959 Japanese music awards ceremony

Field	Value
name	1st Japan Record Awards
date	December 27, 1959
venue	Bunkyo City Hall
main	Japan Record Awards
next	2nd

The inaugural Japan Record Awards were held on December 27, 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1959. Hiroshi Mizuhara won the Grand Prix award, defeated Frank Nagai by a vote.

Award winners

Japan Record Award

Hiroshi Mizuhara (ja) – "Kuroi Hanabira" (ja)
- Lyricist: Rokusuke Ei
- Composer: Hachidai Nakamura
- Record Company: EMI Music Japan

Best Vocal Performance

Frank Nagai – "Yogiri ni Kaeta Chalk"
- Lyricist: Tetsuo Miyagawa (ja)
- Composer: Masanobu Tokuchi (ja)

Lyricist Award

Hachirou Satou (ja) – "Flute"
- Singer: Chiyoko Shimakura
- Composer: Yūji Koseki

Composer Award

Masanobu Tokuchi – "Yogiri ni Kaeta Chalk"
- Singer: Frank Nagai
- Lyricist: Tetsuo Miyagawa

Children's Song Award

Kamejirō Ishii (ja) and King Hōzuki-kai – "Yasashii Oshō-san"
- Lyricist: Shōgo Katō (ja)
- Composer: Hideaki Yashima (ja)

References

1959年12月27日、第1回日本レコード大賞が開催。受賞曲は水原弘「黒い花びら」. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 27 December 2017.
第1回レコード大賞に「黒い花びら」. Showa Mainichi (昭和毎日), from the Mainichi Shimbun.

References

"活動〜日本レコード大賞〜【公益社団法人日本作曲家協会】". Japan Composer's Association.

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