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Lyrics: Ishizaka Koji Music: Sakata Koichi Arrangement: Ogawa Hirooki Released on January 10, 1977 SKA167 Japanese Songs No. 2: Baisho Chieko's Four Seasons Song This song was the theme song for the Saturday drama "3-chome 4-banchi" (1972) on Nippon Television starring Mori Mitsuko, Ishizaka Koji, and Asaoka Ruriko, and was a big hit for Billy Banban. The lyricist Ishizaka Koji married Asaoka Ruriko (who played Lily in Tora-san) in 1971 after the end of the previous drama "2-chome 3-banchi", but they suddenly divorced 30 years later. Did he foresee this and write the lyrics? Ishizaka Koji is truly formidable. But it is a masterpiece of the Showa era. The commentary by Nagata Kyoji in the Complete Collection of Japanese Lyric Songs (2) is as follows: Billy Banban was a brother duo representing Tokyo who went head to head with the Kansai-based Schuberts. Originally, they sang their own songs, not songs written by others. This song was played as the theme song for the Nippon Television program "Sanchome Yonbanchi" in 1972, and the record was released by Columbia's With label. About a month and a half after the drama ended, the song's popularity increased and it gradually started to sell well, and this song began to be sung by students at school graduation ceremonies instead of "Aogeba Totoshi". There is also an explanation about this song by producer Koji Saito in "The World of Baisho Chieko". This is a hit song sung by Billy Banban in 1972. It was the theme song for Nippon Television's "Sanchome Yonbanchi", with lyrics by actor Koji Ishizaka and music by Koichi Sakata. From this time on, the influence of television on popular music became greater, and music publishers for television affiliates were established one after another, from which hit songs were born and created. Baisho sings with such emotion that it is reminiscent of the finale of a show. Baisho Chieko Support Page http://chiekobaisyou.web.fc2.com/