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Shizuko Kasagi 笠置 シヅ子 | |
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 Shizuko Kasagi in the film Ginza Kankan Musume | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shizuko Kamei (亀井 静子) |
| Also known as | Shizuko Mikasa |
| Born | 25 August 1914 Ōkawa District, Kagawa, Japan |
| Died | 30 March 1985 (aged 70) Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1927–1985 |
| Labels | Nippon Columbia |
| Formerly of | Ryoichi Hattori |
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).[1][2] Kasagi frequently sang songs composed by Ryōichi Hattori, including 1947's "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie", which remains her best-known work.[1] 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.[3]
- ^ a b "When the 'Queen of Boogie' reigned in Japan". The Japan Times. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ Treat, John Whittier (2018). The Rise and Fall of Modern Japanese Literature. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226545271.
- ^ "「東京ブギウギ」笠置シヅ子...「女王」への道 服部良一とのコンビで敗戦の落ち込んだ日本に勇気". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2023-10-01.