Yukari Kato -- Sugar Nuki no Saturday Night（シュガーぬきのSaturday Night）

 

I remember those old Trident sugarless gum commercials back in the day which boasted that four out of five dentists recommended the snack. I also wondered where they had buried that fifth contrarian dentist.

Anyways, several weeks ago back in January, I posted up the first article for 80s aidoru Yukari Kato（かとうゆかり）which was for her 3rd single "Neppu Hankyu"（熱風半球）from 1983. That particular song was some Latin disco City Pop but going back to her debut single from February 1982, "Sugar Nuki no Saturday Night" (Sugarless Saturday Night) was quite the different animal.

And that's because it sounds like something that would have been played on a 1950s jukebox at Arnold's on "Happy Days". Call Richie and Mary Beth to the dance floor! Kato really chewed on the lyrics like a good juicy steak, too; the Chanels would have been proud of her. As with "Neppu Hankyu", Edison Watanabe（渡辺敬之）was responsible for the melody for "Sugar Nuki no Saturday Night" but for her debut, it was Mayumi Shinozuka（篠塚満由美）who was the lyricist.