Eiichi Ohtaki — 大瀧詠一 (July 28, 1948 — Dec. 30, 2013) — was a Japanese singer, songwriter, and arranger from Esashi, Iwate, who cut four albums with folk-rockers Happy End during the early 1970s. As a solo artist, he released two albums on Bellwood Records between 1972 and 1975. During the ensuing eleven-year period, he […]
Happy End (はっぴいえんど) was a Japanese folk-psych band from Chiyoda, Tokyo, that released two albums in 1970/71 on URC, followed by a 1973 third a Bellwood live disc. Members: 細野晴臣 [Haruomi Hosono] (bass, vocals), 大瀧詠一 [Eiichi Ohtaki] (vocals), 松本隆 [Takashi Matsumoto] (drums), 鈴木茂 [Shigeru Suzuki] (guitar, vocals) Background Happy End took shape in Tokyo in […]
