Naoko Ken
Naoko Ken (研 ナオコ, Ken Naoko) (born July 7, 1953– ) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is well known for her comedy roles featuring idiosyncratic looks, and a string of successful torch songs that gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Biography
In 1971, Ken debuted as an enka-oriented singer with a single "Daitokai no Yasagure On'na". In 1975, after the release of several charted singles, she gained the first outstanding commercial success with a song "Guzu", which was written by Ryudo Uzaki and his wife Yoko Aki. "Abayo", a song written by Miyuki Nakajima became the most successful single for Ken, selling more than 600,000 copies. In 1976, the prize-winning song reached number-one spot on the Oricon, Japan's most eminent chart. In addition to the success as a musician, she also obtained popularity as a tarento in the mid 1970s, through her comical acts on multiple TV shows including Kakkurakin Daihousou!!.
After a temporary hiatus in 1977 owing to her arrest on suspicion of possession of marijuana, she returned to the Japanese entertainment industry with the hit tune "Kamome wa Kamome". The melancholic ballad written by Nakajima became known as one of her signature songs, finally sold in excess of 300,000 units. In 1982, she gained huge commercial success as a singer again with a cover version of the Southern All Stars' song "Natsu wo Akiramete", winning several Japanese music prizes. The song is her last top-ten hit solo single so far.
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- 研ナオコ ベスト&ベスト 〜研ナオコ セカンド アルバム〜 released: 2012
- LOVE LIFE LIVE 弥生 released: 2008
- ベスト・コレクション32 released: 2008
- 研ナオコ ベスト&ベスト released: 2008
- 研ナオコ ベスト・コレクション HISTORY 1975-1983 released: 2008
- 研ナオコ ベストヒット released: 2007
- りばいばる 歌謡曲編 NAOKO KEN released: 2006
- 名曲全集 released: 2004
- Anthology 研ナオコ BEST released: 2003
- My Classics released: 1998
- 研ナオコ ベストコレクション -花火- released: 1994
- あの頃へラブレター Ago released: 1993
- Re NAOKO -悲しい女- released: 1992
- 研ナオコ スペシャルベスト released: 1992
- おもいっきり 研ナオコ released: 1991
- 研ナオコ ベストコレクション released: 1990
- Bitter released: 1989
- 研ナオコ BEST HITS 〜Memories〜 released: 1988
- 研ナオコ ベスト released: 1987
- 研ナオコ ベスト16 released: 1987
- Naoko Sings Ballads released: 1987
- ノンストップ 研ナオコ released: 1986
- 研ナオコ スーパーベスト released: 1986
- 研ナオコ THE BEST released: 1985
- Deep released: 1985
- BEST SELECTION released: 1984
- 名画座 released: 1984
- Again released: 1984
- スタンダードに悲しくて released: 1983
- Naoko Mistone released: 1983
- めぐりあい released: 1982
- 恋愛論 released: 1981
- あきれた男たち released: 1980
- NAOKO VS AKU YU released: 1979
- 研ナオコ オリジナル・ベスト・ヒット released: 1978
- NAOKO VS MIYUKI / 研ナオコ、中島みゆきを歌う released: 1978
- 研ナオコ オリジナル・ベスト・ヒット 黒いなみだ released: 1977
- かもめのように released: 1977
- 泣き笑い released: 1976
- 愚図 released: 1975
- 第三の女 released: 1974
- 女ごころ released: 1973
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Knock Down
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One Hundred Million Souls are joined together.
All hope for something better.
And daring to just ask the question.
€œWhat is all this worth?€
Because the answers have all lost their meaning.
They got us all believing.
We really have a future?
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Stay down, find some use for it all
No way, walk before you crawl
When will you fall?
So many hopeless lives have been forgotten,
Defeated once too often.
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Held down by a greater force.
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And dream of revolutions.
But wake to find we're part of the problem.
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Knocked down, stumble then you fall
Stay down, find some use for it all
No way, walk before you crawl
When will you fall?
When will you fall?
*When will you fall?
Knocked down, stumble then you fall
stay down, find some use for it all
No way, walk before you crawl
Knocked down, stumble then you fall
Stay down, find some use for it all
No way, walk before you crawl
Knocked down
Stay down
Knocked down
Sit down
When will you fall?
When will you fall?
When will you fall?
When will you fall?
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