As a karaoke boom started among middle-aged and elderly people from the late 1970s to the 1980s, enka singers who were conscious of easy songs to sing in karaoke, such as Takashi HOSOKAWA, gained popularity.
1970年代後半から80年代にかけて中高年の間でカラオケブームが起こり、細川たかしのようにカラオケの歌いやすさを意識した演歌歌手が台頭した。