- Born
- 25 August 1914
Aioi - Died
- 30 March 1985
Tokyo - Country
- Japan
- Active
- 1927–
- Record labels
- Nippon Columbia
Biography
Shizuko Kasagi was a jazz musician who played voice. Shizuko Kasagi was born on 25 August 1914 in Aioi and died on 30 March 1985 in Tokyo. The music is usually filed under jazz and kayōkyoku. Record labels: Nippon Columbia.
Shizuko Kasagi (Japanese: 笠置 シヅ子, Hepburn: Kasagi Shizuko; August 25, 1914 – March 30, 1985) was a Japanese jazz singer and actress. At the peak of her fame in the immediate post-war era, she earned the nickname the "Queen of Boogie" (ブギの女王, Bugi no Joō). Kasagi frequently sang songs composed by Ryōichi Hattori, including 1947's "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie", which remains her best-known work. Yoshinori Gyobe, a professor at Nihon University, said that with Hattori's bright boogie rhythms and Kasagi's lively singing of melodies that did not exist in Japan, the duo changed the image of Japanese music.
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What instrument did Shizuko Kasagi play?
Shizuko Kasagi is known for playing voice.
When and where was Shizuko Kasagi born?
Shizuko Kasagi was born 25 August 1914 in Aioi.
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