, often called as or abbreviated to SDR, is a Japanese popular musical band formed in the late 1970s.

Members

Current members

Regular members

* ; lead vocalist, guitarlist and MC talking * ; vocalist and bassist * ; vocalist and drummer * ; vocalist and percussionist

Supporting members

* ; vocalist and keyboardist * ; vocalist, guitarlist and keyboardist

Former members

* ; vocalist and keyboardist (1980–1994) * ; vocalist and keyboardist (1998–2001)

History

The four amateur musicians Kaname Nemoto, Kiyoshi Kakinuma, Masami Terada and Toshikatsu "VOH" Hayashi, from

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, first formed a band called in 1979, to participate in the

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, where they won the Best Song Award with the song '. In 1981, they renamed the group as , because they desire to show various musical characteristics represented by the jazz standard song " Stardust" and ones of themselves in

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-style performance. Their earliest recordings were ''STARDUST REVUE'' (the first album) and ' (the first single), both released on May 25, 1981. On its 20th anniversary year, 2001, they toured all over Japan to hold concerts as usual, and then, on August 4, they performed no less than 101 songs at a concert at the Tsumagoi Multipurpose Arena in Shizuoka, Japan. This performance has been recognized by the

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as "the highest number of songs performed in 24 hours by a group."

Discography

*Within brackets are release dates.

Singles

# ' (1981.5.25) # ' (1981.11.28) # ' (1982.5.25) # ' (1983.10.26) # ' (1984.5.25) # ' (1985.1.25) # ''Single Night'' (1985.9.25) # ' (1986.3.25) # ' (1986.6.25) # ' (1986.10.25) # ' (1987.2.25) # ''One More Time'' (1987.6.10) # ' (1987.10.25) # ' / ''One More Time'' (1988.4.25)Re-released as a　single CD edition. # ' / ' (1988.4.25) # ' / ' (1988.4.25) # ' (1988.6.25) # ' (1989.2.25) # ' (1989.5.25) # ''Be My Lady'' (1989.7.25) # ''Lonely Snow Bird'' (1989.10.25) # ' (1990.2.10) # ' (1990.9.25) # ' (1991.7.10) # ' (1991.10.10) # ' (1992.1.25) # ' (1993.2.10) # ' (1993.7.25) # ' (1994.4.25) # ' (1995.5.10) # ' (1995.10.25) # ''Get Up My Soul'' (1996.4.25) # ' (1996.10.25) # ' (1997.6.25) # ' (1997.10.15) # ' (1998.5.21) # ' (1998.10.21) # ' (1999.8.21) # ' / ' (2000.5.17)Re-recorded version. # ''What is Love?'' (2000.11.29) # ''My Love'' (2001.11.21) # ''Joanna'' (2002.11.20) # ''My pride,your pride''/''Step by step'' (2003.3.26) # ' with

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(2003.9.10) # ' with

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(2004.1.28 Hokkaido-limited edition, 2004.3.31 Nationwide edition) # ''Find My Way'' (2004.7.28) # ' (2004.10.27) # ' (2005.5.25) # ' (2006.1.25) # ''Wake Up! My Heart'' (2007.3.21) # ' (2007.7.25) # ' (2008.8.27) # ' (2009.11.18) # ' (2010.7.21) # ' (2012.2.22)

Albums

Original albums

# ''STARDUST REVUE'' (1981.5.25) # ' (1982.6.25) # ' (1984.7.25) # ''THANK YOU'' (1985.3.25) # ''VOICE'' (1986.4.10) # ''CHARMING'' (1986.12.10) # ''NIGHT SONGS'' (1987.6.25) # ''SUPER DONUTS'' (1987.11.28) # ''RENDEZ-VOUS'' (1988.7.25) # ''In The Sun, In The Shade'' (1989.7.10) # ''ONE & MILLIONS'' (1990.10.3) # ''Brightest!'' (1991.11.6) # ''SOLA'' (1993.3.10) # ' (1994.5.25) # ' (1995.6.26) # ''Ladies & Gentlemen'' (1996.7.8) # ''Goodtimes & Badtimes'' (1997.11.5) # ''Moody Blues'' (1998.11.5) # ''DEVOTION'' (1999.11.20) # ''Style'' (2002.1.1) # ''Heaven'' (2003.4.23) # ''AQUA'' (2004.9.29) # ''31'' (2007.9.5) # ''ALWAYS'' (2008.11.19) # ' (2009.9.16)

Best albums

* ''Best Wishes'' (1990.5.25) * ''LOVE SONGS'' (1994.11.30) * ''STARS'' (2000.3.15) * ''LOVE SONGS'' (2002.4.24) * ''LOVE SONGS II'' (2002.4.24) * ''Best Wishes'' (2002.5.22) * ''HOT MENU'' (2006.3.1) – Certified as Gold award by

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* ''BLUE STARDUST'' (2009.5.27) * ''RED STARDUST'' (2009.6.24) * ''BLUE & RED STARDUST'' (2011.2.23)

Live recordings

* ''FACE TO FACE'' (1992.10.25) * ''SECRET FACE'' (1992.11.28) * ''No Ballads'' (2001.7.25) * ''FACE TO FACE'' (2002.5.22)Re-released edition of the 1992's. * ''SECRET FACE'' (2002.5.22)

References

External links

Stardust Revue official website

Imperial Records official website on Stardust Revue
{{Authority control Musical groups established in 1979 Japanese rock music groups Musical groups from Saitama Prefecture