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Kazuhiko Katō
Kazuhiko Katō
Japanese Japanese record producer, songwriter and singer (1947–2009)
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Sadistic Mika Band
Sadistic Mika Band
Japanese rock band (1972-1975)
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Masami Tsuchiya
Masami Tsuchiya
Japanese guitarist
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Norihiko Hashida
Norihiko Hashida
Japanese singer-songwriter (1945-2017)
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Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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The Spiders
The Spiders
Japanese Group Sounds Band (1961-1970)
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Joe Sample
Joe Sample
American pianist
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Donovan
Donovan
Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist
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We Five
We Five
American folk rock group
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The Lovin' Spoonful
The Lovin' Spoonful
American band
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The Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
band
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The Crusaders
The Crusaders
American 1960s garage band
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Gota Yashiki
Gota Yashiki
Japanese musician (1962-)
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Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy
English musician
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Jacks
Jacks
a Japanese rock band
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Yō Hitoto
Yō Hitoto
Taiwanese-Japanese pop singer
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Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley
American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer
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Yukihiro Takahashi
Yukihiro Takahashi
Japanese singer-songwriter, drummer, lyricist, composer, arranger, music producer, fashion designer, writer (1952-)
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Felix Pappalardi
Felix Pappalardi
American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist
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Damon & Naomi
Damon & Naomi
American dream pop/indie folk duo
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The Byrds
The Byrds
American rock band
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Blues Project
Blues Project
band
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Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
British folk rock group
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Yoshio Machida
Yoshio Machida
Japanese composer
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The Brothers Four
The Brothers Four
band that plays folk music
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Helena Espvall
Helena Espvall
musician
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The New Christy Minstrels
The New Christy Minstrels
American large-ensemble folk music group
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Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot
Canadian singer-songwriter
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The Turtles
The Turtles
American rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
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Love
Love
American rock group
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The Drifters (Japanese band)
The Drifters (Japanese band)
Japanese band (1956-)
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The Animals
The Animals
English band
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Czerwone Gitary
Czerwone Gitary
Polish music band
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Barry McGuire
Barry McGuire
American musician
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Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane
American rock band
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The Blue Hearts
The Blue Hearts
Japanese punk rock band
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The Chambers Brothers
The Chambers Brothers
American soul music band
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The Knack
The Knack
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Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon
American singer-songwriter
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The Crusaders
The Crusaders
American jazz fusion group
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
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Tages
Tages
Swedish rock band
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Paul Mauriat
Paul Mauriat
French orchestra leader
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The Dubliners
The Dubliners
Irish folk band
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The Zombies
The Zombies
English rock band
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Country Joe and the Fish
Country Joe and the Fish
American psychedelic rock band
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Osamu Kitajima
Osamu Kitajima
Japanese musician
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The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
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Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
North American folk rock band
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The Pentangle
The Pentangle
British folk rock band
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Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson
American record producer (1931-1978)
The Folk Crusaders
Japanese Music Group (1965-)

The Folk Crusaders

Intro
Japanese Music Group (1965-)
Record Labels
Awards Received
10th Japan Record Awards

The Folk Crusaders (Japanese: ザ・フォーク・クルセダーズ, Hepburn: Za Fōku Kurusedāzu), also known as simply Fōkuru (フォークル), was a Japanese folk group, popular in Japan in the later half of the 1960s.