Happy End (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Happy End


Img_capt = Kazemachi Roman cover, (clockwise from top left) Matsumoto, Suzuki, Hosono and Otaki.
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Origin = Japan
Genre = Folk rock
Years_active = 1970–1973
Label = URC Records Bellwood Records
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Current_members = nihongo|Haruomi Hosono|細野晴臣 (bass, vocals, keyboards) nihongo|Takashi Matsumoto|松本隆 (drums) nihongo|Eiichi Ohtaki|大瀧詠一 (guitar, vocals) nihongo|Shigeru Suzuki|鈴木茂 (guitar).
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nihongo|Happy End|はっぴいえんど was a Japanese folk rock band, which existed between 1970 and 1973. The bands pioneering avant-garde sound is highly revered, and they are considered to be one of the most influential bands in Japanese music. [http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/newsDetail.asp?newsnum=311040087] The band was formed by Haruomi Hosono, and Takashi Matsumoto. When Happy End disband, Hosono went on to form the Yellow Magic Orchestra, while Matsumoto became a successful lyricist, and Suzuki and Ohtaki continued their careers as guitarists. In 2003, their song "Kaze Wo Atsumete" appeared on the "Lost In Translation" movie soundtrack. [cite web|url=http://www.ecranlarge.com/article-details-5155.php|title=Bande originale : Lost in translation|date=2005-08-18|accessdate=2008-03-23|publisher=EcranLarge]

Albums

*Happy End (HAPPII ENDO/はっぴいえんど), 1970
*Kazemachi Roman (風街ろまん) 1971
*Happy End, 1973
*City - Happy End Best Album (CITY／はっぴいえんどベスト・アルバム), 1973
*Live Happy End (ライブ・はっぴいえんど」), 1974
*Singles (シングルス), 1974
*Best Collection (ベスト・コレクション) 197?
*Happy End Story (はっぴいえんどストーリー), 1982
*Happy End & Kazemachi Roman (はっぴいえんど&風街ろまん), 1984
*The Happy End, 1985
*Best (ベスト), 1985
*Greeeatest Live! On Stage, 1986
*Live On Stage, 1989
*Happy End Best (はっぴいえんどベスト), 1993
*Happy End (はっぴいえんど), 1993
*"Singles":
**12 Gatsu No Ame No Hi (１２月の雨の日), 1971
**Hanaichimonme (花いちもんめ), 1971
**Sayonara America Sayonara Nippon (さよならアメリカさよならニッポン), 1973
**Ashita Tenki Ni Naare / Kaze Wo Atsumete / Ayakashi No Dohbutsuen (Live Version) (あしたてんきになあれ／風をあつめて／あやか市の動物園(ライヴ・ヴァージョン)), 1999

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