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Miku Skylark, formerly known as Kazuo Kato, was born in 1937 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is a singer and actor. According to statistics, she sang about 1400 songs in her lifetime, and shot 160 movies, which was well received by the Japanese people and was known as the "Queen of Song" and "Japan's National Treasure".
Meikong Skylark took the stage at the age of nine, and became popular all over the country at the age of 12. At that time, when Japan's economy was in recession after the war, her beautiful and beautiful singing voice soothed many fragile hearts that were suffering a lot, and impressed the audience. The reason for the success of her singing career is of course "God appreciates food and eats", has an excellent singing voice and talent, but also lies in the fact that her songs come from the people, from life, and singing is also life itself, which has aroused strong resonance from the audience, which is the basis for her success.
Her representative works are very numerous, common ones are: "Soft", "Life All the Way", "Satomachi Sake Store", "Love Cancan", "Endless Stream" and so on. Among them, "The River Flows Endlessly", published in 1989, is the best portrayal of her life.
After her death, the various commemorative events that the show business world paid tribute to her never stopped. In her most accomplished vocal field, almost every famous singer will cover her songs, such as Toumi Sakamoto, Kasai Ka, Natsuko Goshiro, Fujisaiko, etc. As an annual event in the Japanese music scene, the Red and White Song Contest hosted by NHK invites singers to cover her famous songs on every anniversary related to Mikuni.
"Spring in the NorthLand", which is well known to mainland listeners, is no exaggeration to say that it is the background music of two or three generations growing up. We have always thought that this song with unique flavor is the original of the 1980s in the mainland, sung by Jiang Dawei, but in fact, it is an authentic Japanese song, the original singer is Chiyanao, who contributed the most classic interpretation of the song, and then covered it for many Japanese singers.
In 1979, Teresa Teng, who was then expanding her territory in the Japanese music scene, commissioned Taiwanese lyricist Lin Huangkun to fill in the words for the first Chinese version of "Spring in the Northern Kingdom". Since then, various Chinese versions have emerged, and the most influential in the mainland is Jiang Dawei's version of "Spring of the Northern Kingdom", the lyrics translated and matched by the famous composer Lü Yuan, Xin Yada has both, perfectly reflecting the style and emotion of the original work, and can also be sung in accordance with the tune, the depth of the skill is admirable, which is also an important reason why the version of "Spring of the Northern Kingdom" can be widely circulated.
Teresa Teng also sang "Northern Kingdom の春"
Taiwan's Ye Qitian, Han Baoyi, Yu Tian, and Hong Kong's Andy Lau also sang this song, and "Spring in the Northern Kingdom" has become one of the most widely circulated Japanese folk songs in Chinese society.
In addition to China, the song has been sung in Thailand, Mongolia, India, Vietnam, the Philippines, Hawaii in the United States, and Brazil, and has had a far-reaching impact.