During the Japanese occupation period, Taiwanese works were high in quality and in volume. Many of the songs of great Taiwanese artists of those days are still popular and are often sung today. In the 1960's and 1970's, Taiwanese music nearly disappeared from the airwaves, but it did not die without a trace.
日據時期，閩南語歌曲產生過不少質量俱佳的作品，像鄧雨賢、周添旺、李臨秋、王雪峰、楊三郎等人，他們的「望春風」、「補破網」、「雨夜花」、「月夜愁」、「秋風夜雨」… … 等曲，至今仍廣為傳唱。