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"Makkana Taiyō" (Japanese: 真赤な太陽) is a song performed by Hibari Misora and the Blue Comets, and released as a single in 1967. It reached number 1 on the Japanese singles chart according to Billboard, and sold 1.4 million copies. The song has been called "Red Hot Sun" in English. It was written by Nobuo Hara. It has been covered many times, by artists such as The Ventures, King Curtis, and the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.
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- ^ ちょうど50年前･1967/5/25 GSブームから生まれた美空ひばりの大ヒット‘真っ赤な太陽’リリース【大人のMusic Calendar】. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 25 May 2017.
- Billboard. 12 August 1967. p 62.
- "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
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