Mickey Curtis questions

[Bourdaghs, Michael]

Hi, all:

According to _Popyuraa ongaku jinmei jiten_ 2nd. edition (Nichigai
Associates, 2000), both of Mickey Curtis' paternal and maternal grandfathers
were British.  He was born in Tokyo in 1938, moved to Shanghai at age 4, and
then returned to Japan after the war.  He made his debut at the 1st
Nichigeki Western Carnival in 1958, and quickly rose to prominence as a
rockabilly singer and remained active in recording and performing well into
the 1970s (his hard rock group Samurai toured in the West), and still
performs today (http://db-pro.net/mc/).

Hope this helps --

Michael Bourdaghs 

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Subject: Mickey Curtis questions


Hi Kinejapanners,

I'd like to pick some brains about the actor/musician Mickey Curtis.

I know that started off as a famous rockabilly singer, as part of a group
called Rokabiri Sannin Otoko (maybe mis-romanised), who gained prominance in
1958.

Looking at the various web resources, both Japanese and otherwise, I see he
was born in Tokyo as a certain Brian Kachisu, with his surname spelt in
kanji characters but obviously approximating the English name Curtis. But I
don't see any mention anywhere of his parent's nationality. I am assuming
his father must have been an American (though he was born in 1938, so
obviously not a child of the occupation). Does anyone have any ideas?

Hope you can help!

Jasper


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