''On the Street Corner'' is a 1980 cover album by

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. The album features Tatsuro Yamashita's favorite oldies, especially doo-wop songs. Many of the takes recorded were initially performed purely as Yamashita's hobby, and while some of them were shown on stage, the number of songs gradually accumulated, so that's it. So it was put together as an album. Therefore, while some are close to the original copy, some are quite different from the original image. Terms such as "''

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''," and "''single-person multiple chorus''" were first widely disseminated in Japan on this album. He commented on this work, saying that he's been waiting to do an album like this when "Ride on Time" came on the first place. He stated that he wanted to do ''doo-wop'' music, and commented that the album is a kind of confirmation or holding down to close the gap between fans.

Re-releases

In 1986, the album was officially reissued as "On the street corner 1 ('86 version)" with all the songs remixed and the main vocals re-recorded. In 2000, the album was digitally remastered with two bonus tracks and reissued as "On the street corner 1".

Track listing

Side one

#" You Belong to Me" (

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) – 2:54 #" Close Your Eyes" (

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) – 2:42 #"Alone" (Morty Kraft, Selma Kraft) – 2:30 #"Most of All" (Alan Freed, Harvey Fuqua) – 3:19

Side two

#"Remember Me Baby" (

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) – 2:56 #" Blue Velvet" (Bernie Wayne, Lee Morris) – 2:32 #"The Wind" (Nolan Strong, Quentin Eubanks, Juan Guieterriez, Willie Hunter, Bob "Chico" Edwards) – 2:10 #"Drip Drop" (

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" (Helmy Kresa, Carroll Loveday) – 3:46

Track listing (2000 expanded and remastered reissue)

#"You Belong to Me" (Price, King, Stewart) #"Close Your Eyes" (Willis) #"Spanish Harlem" (Leiber, Spector) #"Alone" (M. Kraft, S. Kraft) #"Most of All" (Freed, Fuqua) #" Gee" (William Davis,

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) #"Close Your Eyes" -All Tatsuro Version- (Willis) #"Remember Me Baby" (Mann, Weil) #"Blue Velvet" (Wayne, Morris) #"The Wind" (Strong, Eubanks, Guieterriez, Hunter, Edwards) #"Drip Drop" (Leiber, Stoller) #"That's My Desire" (Kresa, Loveday)

Chart positions

References

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