''Make Me A Star'' is the third album by Japanese

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band "The Square" (which changed its name to T-Square in 1989), recorded and released in

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

. This is also the first album on which saxophonist Takeshi Itoh used the Lyricon.

Track listing

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Personnel

* Masahiro Andoh – guitars *Takeshi Itoh – alto saxophone, Lyricon *Junko Miyagi – acoustic piano,

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, Korg MS-20, PS-3100,

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, Oberheim,

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, Yamaha CS-80 *Yuhji Nakamura – bass *Michael S. Kawai – drums, percussion, voice *Kiyohiko Senba – percussion, congas, tsuzumi, ōtsuzumi, shime-daiko, synthesizer percussion, glockenspiel * Shirō Sagisu – conductor, music arrangement (strings and brass section), Oberheim, Yamaha CS-80 *Kayoko Ishu Group – vocals on "Mr. Coco's One", "Make Me A Star" and "Life is a Music" *Shin Kazuhara Group – trumpet on "Make Me A Star" *Eiji Arai Group – trombone on "Make Me A Star" *Tadaaki Obuo Strings – strings on "Make Me A Star" and "I Will Sing A Lullaby"

References

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