1st Japan Record Awards

1st Japan Record Awards
Date	27 December 1959
Venue	Bunkyo City Hall
Japan Record Awards ·  2nd  →

The 1st Japan Record Awards were held on 27 December 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1959. Hiroshi Mizuhara won the Grand Prix award, defeated Frank Nagai by a vote. ^[1]

Award winners

Japan Record Award

• Hiroshi Mizuhara (ja) – "Kuroi Hanabira" (ja)
  • Lyricist: Rokusuke Ei
  • Composer: Hachidai Nakamura
  • Record Company: EMI Music Japan

Frank Nagai, Vocalist Award winner.

Best Vocal Performance

• Frank Nagai – "Yogiri ni Kaeta Chalk"
  • Lyricist: Tetsuo Miyagawa (ja)
  • Composer: Masanobu Tokuchi (ja)

Lyricist Award

• Hachirou Satou (ja) – "Flute"
  • Singer: Chiyoko Shimakura
  • Composer: Yūji Koseki

Composer Award

• Masanobu Tokuchi – "Yogiri ni Kaeta Chalk"
  • Singer: Frank Nagai
  • Lyricist: Tetsuo Miyagawa

Children's Song Award

• Kamejirō Ishii (ja) and King Hōzuki-kai – "Yasashii Oshō-san"
  • Lyricist: Shōgo Katō (ja)
  • Composer: Hideaki Yashima (ja)

References

• 1959年12月27日、第1回日本レコード大賞が開催。受賞曲は水原弘「黒い花びら」. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 27 December 2017.
• 第1回レコード大賞に「黒い花びら」. Showa Mainichi (昭和毎日), from the Mainichi Shimbun.
• 「我々の作品に順位をつけるのか」日本レコード大賞に怒り出す音楽業界関係者も…誰も見向きもしなかった『第1回日本レコード大賞』の現実. Shueisha Online. 30 December 2025.
• ルックバック〜12月27日　「レコ大」スタート. CDJournal. 27 December 2024.

1. "活動〜日本レコード大賞〜【公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会】" (in Japanese). Japan Composer's Association. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

External links

• Official Website