User blog:JoshuaJSlone/My grandpa's country j-pop song

So hey guys, here's a bit of info I don't often bring up, but you may find more interesting than the average people. On my mom's dad's side of the family, there's a fair amount of people who are or were into making music, mostly country, with various levels of success. My grandpa's biggest single success was writing the Crystal Gayle song Clock on the Wall.



Something I heard from when I was young was that it was successful enough there was even a Japanese version made. This came to mind a few years ago, and I looked up further information to see if I could find a copy. Sure enough, I found it was recorded by Ishikawa Hitomi, a Japanese musician mostly active in the late 70s and early 80s. Notice the very western name on track 2 of this album. A friend in Japan was able to help me get a copy of the disc with the song, and reintroduce it to my family.



Relooking up the information today, and with a bit more subject knowledge myself, I note a few more interesting things. It seems like the Japanese version is pretty different. I don't know where full lyrics can be seen, but the title is Alice no Hitorigoto (Alice's Soliloquy). But what really surprised me was to see the credit for the Japanese lyrics: 三浦徳子. That is, yes, Miura Yoshiko. Apparently early in her career she wrote quite a few songs for Ishikawa Hitomi.