Artist: Hamako Watanabe
Author: Yaso Saijo/Nobuyuki Takeoka
Label: Columbia
Year: 1938
Used in eponymous propaganda film in 1940 during the Japanese occupation of China.
Covers:
Yoshiko Otaka [leading part in that film]
Leo Diamond [as China Nights]
Kyu Sakamoto [idem; hit US, follow-up of Sukiyaki]
Sonny James [idem]
Dick Curless [idem]
Instrumental versions: Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Pete Fountain, Kai Winding, Cal Tjader, Jerry Byrd, all as China Nights.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)