The first non-Japanese singer of enka, Sarbjit Singh Chadha from India singing a Japanese enka song.
Enka is a popular Japanese music genre which resembles traditional Japanese music stylistically. The first non-Japanese singer of enka is Sarbjit Singh Chadha from India(born June 17, 1952 in New Delhi, India) is an Indian singer. He went to Japan to study agricultural industry, and there he began to like enka. He gained popularity via the Japanese television program Kinyō Ji: Uwasa no Channel. He debuted as an enka singer with single "Omokage no Hito" (面影の女?) under JVC in 1975. His enka album was released in 1975 which became a success in Japan, selling 150,000 copies. He went back to India a few years later, but returned to Japan in 2008 to continue singing Enka.
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