Tokyo Rhapsody 東京ラプソディ（Cover）

This was the theme song of the movie "Tokyo Rhapsody" released on December 1, 1936. The movie with the same title as the song title was produced because the song sung by Ichiro Fujiyama singing in June were hit. The protagonist of the movie was Ichiro Fujiyama.

He was a student at the Tokyo Music School from 1929 to 1933. His parents owed heavy debts in the 1929 World Depression. In 1931 he became a popular singer as a stage name "Ichiro Fujiyama" in order to repay a large debt. At the school, students were prohibited from acting as a popular singer. A famous song that he sang in his school days was "Sake is tears or sighs", "Beyond the hill". In 1932, the facts came to school, and he stopped singer activity. "Tokyo Rhapsody" was a great success as a singer after graduation. He was able to repay his parents' debt by singing income of this song. It was a famous piece representing Showa Modernism.

昭和11(1936)年12月1日に公開された映画｢東京ラプソディ｣の主題歌です。同年6月に歌手の藤山一郎が歌った曲がヒットしたことから曲名と同じ題名の映画が製作されました。主役はもちろん藤山一郎。

昭和4(1929)年から昭和8(1933)年まで東京音楽学校の学生でしたが、昭和4(1929)年世界恐慌の影響により実家が傾き、多額の借金を返済するために昭和6(1931)年から芸名｢藤山一郎｣で流行歌を発表します。当時の曲としては｢酒は泪か溜息か｣「丘を越えて」が有名ですね。その後、学校に知れ渡り歌手活動を停止しますが、卒業後に歌手として大成功したのがこの｢東京ラプソディ｣です。この曲の歌唱収入により実家の負債を返済できました。昭和モダニズムを彷彿とさせる一曲です。