Mieko Hirota - The Wonderful World of MIEKO HIROTA

Artist：Mieko Hirota
Title：The Wonderful World of MIEKO HIROTA
Format：LP
CAT#：COJA-9607
Barcode：4549767376899
Price：$45
Label：NIPPONOPHONE
Japan Release Date：December 5th, 2026

The analog album by Mieko Hirota, who became the first Japanese singer to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1965 and is also highly regarded as a jazz vocalist, is being reissued.
"Hirota Mieko no Sekai" is an album on which she sings Western standards and then-current hits with an easy listening approach, with arrangements by Hiromasa Suzuki and Yuji Ohno.

Tracklist:
Side A
01. Puppy Love
02. You've Got a Friend
03. Rainy Days and Mondays
04. She's Funny That Way
05. My Way

Side B
01. Rock and Roll Lullaby
02. If Ever I Would Leave You
03. It Had To Be You
04. Since I Fell For You
05. It's Impossible

Original release: June 25, 1972 / JDX-76