Akiko Wada
Akiko Wada (和田 アキ子, Wada Akiko) (born April 10, 1950) is a female Japanese singer and television performer from Tsuruhashi, Ikuno-ku, Osaka.
She has various nicknames, one being "Akko". Due to her above-average height (174 cm or 5'8.5"), she is also nicknamed "jotei" (女帝), meaning "empress".
Biography
Akiko Wada is Japanese with a Korean ethnicity. She was born Kim Bok-Ja (Korean: 김 복자, Hanja: 金 福子, Kim is the family name). Like many Zainichi Koreans, she also had a Japanese-style name for everyday use, Fukuko Kaneumi (金海福子, Kaneumi Fukuko). When she took Japanese citizenship, her name became Akiko Wada (和田 現子, Wada Akiko), which upon marriage became Akiko Iizuka (飯塚 現子, Iizuka Akiko).
She is signed to the Horipro entertainment agency.
Career
At age 17, she dropped out of school and performed in clubs. She was signed to the Horipuro entertainment agency and released her debut single, "Hoshizora no Kodoku" in 1968 and had her first hit the next year with "Doshaburi no Ame no Naka de". She performed on Kōhaku Uta Gassen, a music show broadcast live every New Year's Eve, in 1970 and has performed over 30 times on the show since then. She received the award for Best Song at the 1972 Japan Record Awards for "Ano Kane wo Narasu no wa Anata".
Podcasts:
和田アキ子
ALBUMS
- 45th ANNIVERSARY ESSENTIAL COLLECTION released: 2013
- エール〜2011 BEST OF THE BEST released: 2011
- Dynamite Best 1968-2008 released: 2008
- World Standard Wada Akiko〜A Tatsuo Sunaga Live Mix released: 2008
- 今日までそして明日から released: 2006
- リズム&ブルースの女王 released: 2006
- ベスト・ヒット・コレクション released: 2005
- フリー・ソウル和田アキ子 released: 2004
- ラブ・バラード・ベスト released: 2004
- 35周年記念BOX〜Haaah! released: 2003
- (株)ワダアキコ WADA AKIKO Co.,Ltd. released: 2003
- 和田アキ子リサイタル〜日劇に於ける実況録音 released: 2002
- ベスト・ヒット released: 2002
- ラヴ・バラード・ベスト released: 2000
- ダイナマイト・パレード released: 2000
- ベリー・ベスト・オブ・アキコ・ワダ'98 released: 1998
- ダイナマイト・ア・ゴー・ゴー!!! released: 1998
- ダイナマイト・グルーヴ・ワダ・アキコ released: 1997
- ザ・グレイテスト・ヒッツ'97 released: 1997
- バラード全曲集 released: 1996
- 全曲集〜シングルズ1993〜1968 released: 1993
World Standard Wada Akiko〜A Tatsuo Sunaga Live Mix
Released 2008- オープニング
- タイガー&ドラゴン
- 嵐の女
- パパのニューバッグ
- 悲しい歌
- ルンバでブンブン(Reggae Disco Rockers Skankin'Mix)
- WORLD STANDARD WADA AKIKO
- 笑って許して
- 男と女がいる限り
- スローバラード
- コーラスガール
- 夜明けのサンバ
- 古い日記(DYNAMAITE SOUL MIX)
- FREE AT LAST'98
- 中トロ
- 和田酒店
- 酔ったからって
- 春夏秋冬
- ラスト・メトロ
- モーニング・コール
- 私夢を見るの
- 生きる(林有三&サロン'68アーリーサマーRemix)
- 灰色の街
- さあ冒険だ
- Hey!
- アッコにおまかせ!〜夏の夜のサンバ
- あの鐘を鳴らすのはあなた(たち)
35周年記念BOX〜Haaah!
Released 2003- 星空の孤独(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- どしゃぶりの雨の中で(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 笑って・許して(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 天使になれない(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 夜明けの夢(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- あの鐘を鳴らすのはあなた(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 夏の夜のサンバ(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 古い日記(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 見えない世界(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- コーラスガール(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- もう一度ふたりで歌いたい(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 抱擁(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- だってしょうがないじゃない(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 抱かれ上手(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 愛,とどきますか(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- やじろべえ(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- さあ冒険だ(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 夢(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- 今あなたにうたいたい(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
- Everybody Shake(ファンが選んだカラオケベスト20)
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Love Is Blindness
by: Jack WhiteLove is blindness, I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my heart, love is blindness.
I'm in a parked car, on a crowded street
And I see my love made complete.
The thread is ripping, the knot is slipping
Love is blindness.
Love is clockworks and is cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel.
Squeeze the handle, blow out the candle
Blindness (blindness)
Love is blindness, I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my love,
Blindness.
A little death without mourning
No call, no warning
Baby, a dangerous idea
That almost makes sense.
Love is drowning in a deep well
All the secrets, and nobody else to tell.
Take the money, why don't honey?
Blindness.
Love is blindness, I'm so sick, I don't want to see
Won't you just take the night, wrap it all around me?
Oh, my love,
Blindness.
Love is blindness
I'm too numb to feel
Blow out the candles