How popular was Ishikawa Hitomi (石川ひとみ)?
She is my favorite Japanese singer, but how popular was she in the 70's & 80's?
It seems as if she didn't get as much attention as the other Japanese idols. Everyone always mentions Nakamori Akina or Matsuda Seiko.
What are your thoughts and opinions about Ishikawa Hitomi?
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Ishikawa Hitomi.... wow... that name brings me back to my childhood.
She was popular BEFORE Akina Nakamori or Seiko Matsuda came out.
And reason why she was not mentioned as much as Akina or Seiko was that her big hit song was only one, which called "Machibuse".
Other songs didn't have big hit unfortunately.
Her song (Machibuse) made a big success when she was 20 or 21 years old whereas other idols have their big success while they are teens. (younger is better in "japanese idol" world... lol)
Plus she was suffering from Hep B from 1987, disappeared from the entertainment business suddenly. She came back after a while but her peak was already passed.. sad
I like her Machibuse, but other than that...i just don't know much about her.
First heard her when I was stationed in Okinawa in 1976/77 Fell inlove with her then. Her music was just starting to rise when she was overshadowed Seiko, Akina, Naoko, Yu, Iyo, Kyoko and about a dozen more in the early 80's. Her music will always be my first love.