[78-L] King Records Japan

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Thanks, David, I was hoping to hear from you!
Malcolm

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On 5/10/2011 2:02 PM, Hopkins/Kato wrote:
> King was established in about 1930. One of the five "majors" of prewar
> Japanese record industry. Owned by publisher Kodansha.
> I mostly collect prewar records, but I read Japanese just fine and will be
> happy to check out a scan if you can direct me to one. It's probably going
> to be Eri Chiemi, who was one of the most popular 1950s singers (who also
> had US releases, I believe on Federal records?)
> Trivia: In the war years, when foreign language use was discouraged, King
> became "Fuji." Columbia became "Nicchiku." Victor didn't change, presumably
> because of its meaning??
> David Hopkins
> Nara, Japan
>