Composer: Kyu Sakamoto / Year: 1961–1963 / Country: Japan / Genre: Popular music / Form: Song / Lied
A song sung by Kyu Sakamoto in 1961, with lyrics by Rokusuke Ei and music by Hachidai Nakamura. Under the title "Sukiyaki" it reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart in the United States in 1963, becoming the first worldwide hit sung in Japanese.