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The Tokyo Music Festival was an international music contest that ran from 1972 to 1992. It was organized by the Tokyo Music Festival Foundation.^[1][2] The first edition of the Tokyo Music Festival took place on 13 May 1972 with 12 participating countries.

Grand Prix Winnersedit

• 1972: Izumi Yukimura ( Japan), with "Watashi wa Nakanai"
• 1973: Mickey Newbury ( United States), with "Heaven Help the Child"
• 1974: René Simard ( Canada), with "Midori-iro no Yane"
• 1975: Maureen McGovern ( United States), with "Even Better Than I Know Myself"
• 1976: Natalie Cole ( United States), with "I'm Glad There Is You"
• 1977: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. ( United States), with "The Two of Us"
• 1978: Al Green ( United States), with "Belle"
• 1979: Rita Coolidge ( United States), with "Don't Cry Out Loud"
• 1980: Dionne Warwick ( United States), with "Feeling Old Feelings"
• 1981: The Nolans ( United Kingdom), with "Sexy Music"
• 1982: John O'Banion ( United States), with "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love"
• 1983: Lionel Richie ( United States), with "You Are"; Joe Cocker ( United Kingdom) and Jennifer Warnes ( United States), with "Up Where We Belong"
• 1984: Laura Branigan ( United States), with "The Lucky One"
• 1985: Kool & the Gang ( United States), with "Cherish"
• 1986: Miami Sound Machine ( United States), with "Conga"
• 1987: No Grand Prix awarded
• 1988: No Grand Prix awarded
• 1989: Ofra Haza ( Israel), with "Im Nin'alu"
• 1990: Wilson Phillips ( United States), with "Hold On"
• 1991: Cancelled
• 1992: Smokey Mountain ( Philippines), with "Paraiso"

See alsoedit

• List of historic rock festivals

Referencesedit

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