Yesterday, I wrote up an article regarding the late Taeko Morino（森野多恵子）regarding her own cover version of the standard "Sunny" back in the 1960s. Of course, I mentioned that she would later go through a couple of name changes, each time accompanying a change in music genre.
In the 1970s, Morino changed into Tan Tan, a chanteuse of R&B and City Pop. Her third of three albums released under than moniker was "Trying to Get to You" from 1978 and this is the title track.
This was a cover version of the original, also from 1978, by the late Eugene Record who used to be the lead vocalist for the group The Chi-Lites. Both versions are great as something sounding quite (Philadelphia?) soulful, although Tan Tan's cover is shorter and has more of a wistful and uptempo feeling compared to the Record original which has an apologetic if hopeful slant that fences can be mended between a couple. Unfortunately, Record passed away in 2005 after a battle with cancer.
A familiar sounds from the 70s, but I have never heard these songs before.
ReplyDeleteYup, Morino/Tan Tan/Ohzora is someone that I only heard during my time with the blog.
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