Japanese artist Cornelius has been described as the modern-day equivalent of which legendary American singer, songwriter and producer?
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Cornelius (musician) Keigo Oyamada (小山田 圭吾 , Oyamada Keigo , born January 27, 1969) , also known by his moniker Cornelius (CORNELIUS（コーネリアス） , Kōneriasu ) , is a Japanese recording artist and producer who co-founded Flipper's Guitar, an influential Shibuya-kei band, and subsequently embarked on a solo career. In 1997, he released the album "Fantasma", which landed him praise from American music critics, who called him a "modern-day Brian Wilson" or the "Japanese Beck".
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Brian Wilson Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for being the multi-tasking leader and co-founder of the rock band the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. He is the first pop artist credited for writing, arranging, producing, and performing his own material. Because of his unorthodox approaches to song composition and arrangement and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged, by critics and musicians alike, as one of the most innovative and influential creative forces in popular music.
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Willie Tee Wilson Turbinton, (February 6, 1944 – September 11, 2007) professionally known as Willie Tee, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, producer and notable early architect of New Orleans funk and soul, who helped shape the sound of New Orleans for more than four decades.
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Nino Alejandro Christopher Caesar Alejandro (born July 22, 1976) is a Filipino-American singer/songwriter/musician from Manila, Philippines.
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Warren Zevon Warren William Zevon ( ; January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.
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Little Willie Jones Willie Cornelius Jones (born 1936), known as Little Willie Jones, is an American soul singer and musician.
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Él Records él is an English independent record label based in London that was founded by Mike Alway, later becoming a subsidiary of Cherry Red Records. Their musicians were characterized by a strong English sensibility, as well as the French influence stemming from in-house writer/producer Louis Philippe. During its original run, él received much press interest, but little sales—except in Japan, where the label became an enormous influence on J-pop acts like Cornelius and Pizzicato Five. The label closed in 1989. In 2005, it was revived as a reissue label.
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The First Question Award The First Question Award (ザ・ファースト・クエスチョン・アワード) is the debut solo album by the Japanese recording artist Cornelius. It was released in 1994 and charted at number four on the Japanese "Oricon" album chart. "The First Question Award" includes the singles "The Sun Is My Enemy", "Perfect Rainbow", "(You Can't Always Get) What You Want" and "Moon Light Story".
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Tetsurō Oda Tetsurō Oda (織田 哲郎 , Oda Tetsurō , born March 11, 1958) is a Japanese composer, record producer, and singer-songwriter.
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Nicco Nick Constantine Maniatty better known by his mononym Nicco is an American singer, songwriter with pop, Europop, dance, reggae, house and electronic influences. He was signed to Sony in April 2011 and released his debut single "Downpour" in August 2011. His continuous growing success in the Euro-dance scene led to
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Levi Celerio Levi Celerio (April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002) was a Filipino composer and lyricist. Celerio was a prolific songwriter, with over 4,000 songs to his credit. He is perhaps best known for being a leaf-player, a feat for which he was put into the Guinness Book of World Records. In 1997, he was named National Artist of the Philippines for Music.
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Freddie Mercury Farrokh "Freddie" Mercury (born Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. He was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury wrote numerous hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and "We Are the Champions". He led a solo career while performing with Queen, and occasionally served as a producer and guest musician for other artists.
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Yoshifumi Ato Yoshifumi Ato (born May 2, 1983) is a Japanese musician, bandleader, composer, and record producer, based in Tokyo. His record production credits include artists such as Harumi Tsuyuzaki, Skoop On Somebody, Lena Fujii, M-Swift, Fox Capture Plan, Jabberloop, Soulhead, and Coldfeet. He has led the Japanese electropop band Autumn Leave's since 2000. He is also known as a frontman and composer of Japanese musical project Miu-clips.
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Seiko Matsuda Seiko Matsuda (松田 聖子 , Matsuda Seiko , born March 10, 1962) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Due to her popularity in the 1980s and her long career, she has been dubbed the "Eternal idol" by the Japanese media.
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Cornelius Jakhelln Cornelius Jakhelln (born 31 August 1977 in Kristiansand), also known as Cornelius von Jackhelln, is a Norwegian vocalist, guitarist, musician, writer and poet.
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Ken Morioka Ken Morioka (Japanese: 森岡賢 ; March 15, 1967 – June 3, 2016) was a Japanese musician, keyboardist, composer, and music producer. He died of heart failure at the age of 49.
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Multiman Kim Elsberg Moeller, better known as Multiman, is a Danish-American record producer and songwriter.
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Chris Moon Christopher Moon, better known as Chris Moon, is an American music producer, recording engineer and songwriter of British origin. He is best known for discovering Prince, helping him create his artistic name and style, and co-writing his early songs, most notably his first single "Soft and Wet".
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Otis Blackwell Otis Blackwell (February 16, 1931 – May 6, 2002) was an African-American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock and roll. His compositions include "Fever", recorded by Little Willie John; "Great Balls of Fire" and "Breathless", recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis; "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up" and "Return to Sender" (with Winfield Scott), recorded by Elvis Presley; and "Handy Man", recorded by Jimmy Jones. He is not to be confused with the songwriter and record producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell.
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Willie Hutch William McKinley Hutchison (December 6, 1944 – September 19, 2005), better known as Willie Hutch, was an American singer, songwriter as well as a record producer and recording artist for the Motown record label during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Jim Ed Brown James Edward Brown (April 1, 1934 – June 11, 2015) was an American country singer-songwriter who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with fellow country music vocalist Helen Cornelius, through 1981. Brown was also the host of the "Country Music Greats Radio Show", a syndicated country music program from Nashville, Tennessee.
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Takeshi Kobayashi Takeshi Kobayashi (小林 武史 , Kobayshi Takeshi ) (born June 7, 1959), is a Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger, and record producer.