Lyrics to 'Mersey Beat De Utawasete' by Mariya Takeuchi. 衿なしのスーツで キメてたあの頃 / 毎晩女の子から キッスの贈り物 / 輝いてた リヴァプール / あなたがくれたのは ただの夢じゃなくて / 世界中を巻き込むほどの とびきりのセンセーション / あなたが話してる 言葉もわからずに / ひたすら追いかけた.
Mariya TakeuchiBirth nameMariya TakeuchiBornMarch 20, 1955 ( 1955-03-20) (age 56)Origin,OccupationsSinger, andInstrumentsVocals,Years active1978–presentRCA (1978-1982)Alfa Moon (1984-1987)Moon / MMG (1987-1993)Moon / East West Japan (1994-1997)Moon / Warner Music Japan (1998-present)WebsiteMariya Takeuchi ( 竹内 まりや, Takeuchi Mariya, born March 20, 1955) is a Japanese.Takeuchi was born in city in the district of. She spent a year studying in the while she was at high school. Her musical career started in 1978 while she was studying at, with the single 'Modotte-Oide, Watashi no Jikan' (Please come back, my time) and the album Beginning. The 1979 single 'September' and the 1980 single 'Fushigi na Piichi Pai' (Mysterious Peach Pie) were both hits. Takeuchi has had at least one song appear on the program.Up to December 2008, Takeuchi had released 11 studio albums, 35 singles, several compilations and a live album which was recorded in 2000.
Her total sales have been estimated at more than 16 million units by 2009. Her 1994 compilation, Impressions, sold more than 3 million copies in Japan alone, and became her best-selling album.Her husband is the musician, with whom she has one daughter.CareerIn 1978, while studying at, Takeuchi started her career with a single 'Modotte-Oide, Watashi no Jikan'. From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, she recorded five albums and several singles, including the top-ten hit 'Fushigi na Peach Pie'. Those recordings featured dozens of prominent Japanese and North American songwriters, instrumentalists and producers, including, Kunihiko Kase, Shigeru Suzuki, and her future partner and husband,. 'Heart to Heart', one of her songs (co-written by, released in 1980) was recorded by two years later, and was the last recording for the late.In 1981, Takeuchi married singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, and stopped her career temporarily after becoming pregnant. Returning to the Japanese music industry in 1984, she has accomplished huge commercial success — more than when she was single. From that year to the present , she has recorded six successful studio albums that mainly consist of her self-written songs, and all of them have reached #1 on the Japanese chart.
As a singer-songwriter, she has produced 8 top-ten hit singles on the Oricon chart, including 'Single Again', 'Kokuhaku', 'Junai Rhapsody', 'Konya wa Hearty Party' and her only #1 hit 'Camouflage'.In addition to her work as a performer, she has also written songs and lyrics for other singers, including, and Tackey & Tsubasa. Several of these songs scored top-ten on the Oricon, such as 'Kenka o Yamete' and 'Invitation' performed by Naoko Kawai, 'Iro (White Blend)' performed by and 'Maji de Koi Suru 5 Byoumae'.
Takeuchi has often re-recorded those songs for her own album. 'Eki', a song originally written for the album by, became known by the composer's recorded version. 'Genki o Dashite', a song first recorded by, is recognized as one of Takeuchi's notable compositions, despite not being released as a single. That song was covered by in 2003, and became a moderate hit.
Discography. Charts - Oricon (Japan)Albums. Beginning (1978) - #17. University Street (1979) - #7.
Love Songs (1980) - # 1. Miss M (1980) - #14. Portrait (1981) - #14. Viva Mariya!! (compilation, 1982) - #32. Variety (1984) - # 1.
Request (1987) - # 1 110,000. Quiet Life (1992) - #1 1,115,000. Impressions (compilation, 1994) - #1 3,050,000.
Souvenir: Mariya Takeuchi Live (live album, 2000) - #3 332,000. Bon Appetit!
Even if Mariya Takeuchi wasn’t directly responsible for the biggest Japanese musical breakthrough in the West in 2018, she would still struggle to describe her year as anything other than eventful.The singer-songwriter is celebrating 40 years in the music industry, and has commemorated the occasion with a barrage of new releases and events.