Hibari Misora is Japan's greatest ever enka singer, or you could just make that greatest singer ever. Her status is something like Edith Piaf in France, her voice, her songs, seemed to encapsulate the emotional pulse of the nation. She could sing folk style (yuri) koboshi (wavering) was perfect for enka, but she also sung many other styles such as Latin and jazz before she died in 1989 aged 52. 1. Kanashiki Kuchibue 2. Tokyo Kid 3. Echigo-jishi no Uta 4. Watashi wa Machi no Ko 5. Ano Oka Koete 6. Ringo Oiwake 7. Tsugaru no Furusato 8. Edo no Yamitaro 9. Hanagasa Dochu 10. Hibari no Sado Jowa 11. Yawara 12. Kanashii Sake 13. Hitoribocchi 14. Zasso no Uta 15. Sakura no Uta 16. Kawa no Nagare no Yoni 2000
