1st Japan Record Awards

1959 Japanese music awards ceremony April 2026 1st Japan Record Awards 27 December 1959 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.http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco1.html 活動〜日本レコード大賞〜【公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会】 Japan Composer's Association 22 July 2018 Japanese 22 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180722155554/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco1.html dead Award winners Japan Record Award Hiroshi Mizuhara ja 水原弘 – "Kuroi Hanabira ja 黒い花びら" Lyricist: Rokusuke Ei Composer: Hachidai Nakamura Record Company: EMI Music Japan thumb|Frank Nagai, Vocalist Award winner.|alt=Frank Nagai Best Vocal Performance Frank Nagai – "Yogiri ni Kaeta Chalk" Lyricist: Tetsuo Miyagawa ja 宮川哲夫 Composer: Masanobu Tokuchi ja 渡久地政信 Lyricist Award Hachirou Satou ja サトウハチロー – "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 石井亀次郎 and King Hōzuki-kai – "Yasashii Oshō-san" Lyricist: Shōgo Katō ja 加藤省吾 Composer: Hideaki Yashima ja 八洲秀章 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. ＜あのころ＞第1回レコード大賞 水原弘の「黒い花びら」. 47News. 15 December 2011. From Kyodo News. External links Official Website Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards 1959 Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards