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Coffee Rumba
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Wikipedia article
is a song by Japanese singer Sachiko Nishida, released as the double A-side of her second single "Yokub no Blues" by Polydor Records in August 1961. It is a Japanese-language cover of the Venezuelan song "Moliendo Caf".
Background and release
Originally written by Jos Manzo Perroni, "Moliendo Caf" was first adapted in Japanese by Seiji Nakazawa and recorded by Sachiko Nishida in 1961. Nishida performed the song on the 12th NHK 'Khaku Uta Gassen' that year.
"Coffee Rumba" was reissued in November 1975; this time with "Yokub no Blues" as the B-side. The song was re-released as a CD maxi-single by Polydor on March 7, 2001 to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
Track listing
Yko Oginome version
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| name = Coffee Rumba
| cover = Yoko Oginome - Coffee Rumba.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = YO+CO
| album = Ryk Kashu
| released =
| language = Japanese
| B-side = Starship
| recorded = 1992
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 4:39
| label = Victor
| writer =
| producer = Keisuke Tsukimitsu
| prev_title = Steal Your Love
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Romantic ni Aishite
| next_year = 1992
| misc =
}}
"Coffee Rumba" was covered by Yko Oginome (under the pseudonym "YO+CO") as her 25th single, released on May 8, 1992 by Victor Entertainment. The song was used by DyDo Drinco Inc. for their DyDo Blend Coffee commercial. Oginome was not familiar with the song until DyDo Drinco approached her to record it. The single peaked at No. 35 on Oricon's singles chart and sold over 171,000 copies, becoming her last single to sell over six figures. Oginome performed the song on the 43rd NHK 'Khaku Uta Gassen' that year.
In 1993, "Coffee Rumba" replaced "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" as the insert song in , a recurring sketch segment in the Fuji TV variety show . In the segment, Oginome and the Tunnels (Takaaki Ishibashi and Noritake Kinashi) would dance to the first verse of the song before ending with the line "Let's dance".
Oginome re-recorded the song in her 2014 cover album 'Dear Pop Singer'.
Track listing
All music is arranged by Yukio Sugai, Kichi Kaminaga, and Ryujin Inoue.Charts
Ysui Inoue version
Ysui Inoue released his version of "Coffee Rumba" on January 24, 2001 as part of his cover album 'United Cover'. The single peaked at No. 19 on Oricon's singles chart.
Track listing
Charts
Other cover versions
* The Peanuts covered the song in 1962, but with different lyrics by Takashi Otowa.
* Antonio Kuga recorded two parody versions of the song: "Kusuri Rumba" (1971) and "Kusuri Rumba Part 2" (1982).
* Yuri sawa and Kurumi Kobato recorded the parody song "Mhjong Furotsuki Osake Rumba" in 1978. Michiyo Sako covered this parody version in 1997.
* Izumi Kobayashi covered the song in 1982 for her album 'Nuts, Nuts, Nuts'; it was later included on the 2019 compilation album 'Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR and Boogie 19761986'.
* Yuri Kunizane covered the song in 1991.
* Logic System covered the song on their 1992 album 'Space Polyphony'.
* Gor Tani and Gor Sh recorded the parody song "Yasai Rumba" in 1993.
* Kobucha Band recorded the parody song "Kobucha Rumba" in 1999.
* Shizuka Kudo covered the song on her 2002 cover album 'Shwa no Kaidan Vol. 1'.
* Pink Jam Princess covered the song in 2006.
* Tomiko Van covered the song on her 2007 cover album 'Voice: Cover You with Love'.
* Ai Nishida covered the song on her 2019 cover album 'Island Songs ~Watashi no Suki na Ai no Uta~'.
* Jir Atsumi covered the song on his 2019 album 'Shin Enka-shi ~Uta to Guitar to Percussion~'.
References
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