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Tokyo Happy Coats, sometimes spelled 'Tokyo Happycoats,' was a famous all girl band and lounge act of the 1960s and 70s that toured Canada and the United States, including performances in Las Vegas and on the Ed Sullivan Show. It was made of members from Tokyo, sisters Eiko, Keiko, Shoko, Tomiko and Ruriko Hakomori. Their loung act played over twenty-six instruments and recorded two LPs and three 45s on Cincinnati’s King Records.

Tokyo Happy Coats Starday-King Discography:

King 45 #6296 “Forevermore” b/w “Harlem Nocturne” 1970

King 45 #6337 “Tea A-Wanna Whistle” b/w “Here Is Happiness” 1970

King 45 #6419 “Forevermore” b/w “Here is Happiness” 1970

King LP #1096 The Tokyo Happy Coats Live 1970

King LP #1125 Forevermore 1970

Sources: Tokyo Happy Coats: Japanese Pop on King Records; http://www.zeroto180.org/?p=13416

The Tokyo Happy Coats - He Don't Love Me Anymore (196X); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyysC3fpKNs&list=PL9tsq-UufLQCCD0MkmIb0FHTa3pF9sX8x&spfreload=10

The Tokyo Happy Coats - The Beat Goes On (1970 live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZkXVTp_ZhM&list=PL9tsq-UufLQCCD0MkmIb0FHTa3pF9sX8x&index=3

http://www.discogs.com/Tokyo-Happy-Coats-Forevermore/release/4421399 Tokyo Happy Coats, The ‎– Forevermore