Betsy and Chris, Elizabeth Wagner (born October 1, 1952) and Christine Rolseth (born July 5, 1952), were a folk music duo from Hawaii and Idaho respectively who sang in the Japanese language

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

, and had a string of hits in Japan from 1969 to 1972. They originally came to Japan as members of The Sound of Young Hawaii in 1969.

Hedwig von Trapp

Hedwig von Trapp

Hedwig Maria Adolphine Gobertina von Trapp was the fifth child of Georg Ludwig von Trapp and his first wife Agathe Whitehead . She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the play and movie The Sound of Music...

 was Elizabeth Wagner's singing teacher.

Singles

• White is the colour of lovers (:jp: 白い色は恋人の色 ) 1 Oct 1969 #2 on the Orion Charts.
• Like a Flower (花のように) 10 Feb 1970 #9 on the Orion Charts.
• It's Summer, and you... (夏よおまえは) 1 June 1970 #18 on the Orion Charts.
• My Daughter wore Flowers (娘は花をまとっていた) July 1970 #96 on the Orion Charts.