Hideki Saijō (西城 秀樹, Saijō Hideki; originally Tatsuo Kimoto (木本 龍雄, Kimoto Tatsuo); April 13, 1955 – May 16, 2018) was a Japanese singer, composer, actor, drummer, voice actor, and television and radio show host. Due to his numerous pioneering achievements throughout Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, he is considered an icon amongst Shōwa era idols.
With on-stage vivacity and highly acclaimed vocals as his defining trademarks, Saijō quickly came to dominate the Japanese charts of the 1970s. He was consistently promoted as part of the Shin-Gosanke (新御三家, "New Big Three") idol trio alongside two other soloists who debuted around the same time: Goro Noguchi and Hiromi Go. Almost seven years into his career, his 28th single "YOUNG MAN (Y.M.C.A.)" (a Japanese cover of the Village People song of the same name) became a social phenomenon in Japan, selling over 1.8 million copies.
Read more...The April 13, 1955 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 102 day of the year. President of the United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Date: 14 April 1955
Special to The New York Times
finds strike was 'precipitate'; criticizes union pay demands as unrealistic; advises return to work, resumption of talks; condemns unions refusal to arbitrate; strike Communist-led
Date: 13 April 1955
Offered for sale; F D Schroth sets May 2 deadline on bids; reserves right to reject highest bid if sale to lower bidder would be in best interests of Bklyn; says lease on new bldg is available; prospective buyers noted
Date: 13 April 1955
Special to The New York Times
USSR Deputy Premier Mlkoyan recalls good memories of US from his visit in '36 but doubts he would recognize US now, talk with newsmen, Moscow
Date: 13 April 1955
Special to The New York Times
Employes warned on information 'leaks,'
Date: 13 April 1955
Westmorland County, Pa, Ct convicts 6 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Greensburg Tribune-Review newsmen and photographer of contempt for defying ct ban against picture taking
Date: 13 April 1955
By HANSON W. BALDWIN
Hanson BALDWIN
Baldwin series of articles on dispute over curbs; sees Defense Dept and White House pub relations policies and indiscreet reptg as factors
Date: 14 April 1955
By HANSON W. BALDWIN
Hanson BALDWIN
urges directive be revised; suggests some rules to improve security without danger of centralized information control and enforced mil party line
Date: 13 April 1955
By ANTHONY LEVIEROSpecial to The New York Times
Wilson defends curbs, news conf; holds widespread pub of tech data in nuclear age poses acute security problems; notes USSR secrecy; says problem stems from inter-service and indus rivalries and tendency of scientists to rept all developments; denies intention to influence publishers, but intends to control Defense Dept spokesmen, says 'constructive contribution' provision concerns questions of propriety and criticism of Dept as well as defense secrets and seeks to avoid criticism of service rivalry in data releases; gives full freedom to Dept reprs appearing before Cong coms