Alphabet's -- BABY BABY BABY

Dipped into the "Light Mellow" series for this one, specifically from the "Sunshine" CD.

As Toronto hit a Humidex of 42 degrees today, thereby smashing a number of meteorological records, we've all been reminded that summer is not quite done with us yet although it looks like the bottom is ready to fall out of the temperatures starting from tomorrow.

So as such, I felt like throwing in this happy summery tune from 1983, "BABY BABY BABY" by Alphabet's（アルファベッツ）. As has been the case with a number of musicians represented in the "Light Mellow" series, this band is a new find for me. Consisting of bassist and main vocal, Tohben Yukawa（湯川トーベン）, drummer Tetsu Mukoyama（向山テツ）and keyboardist Suntory Sakamoto（サントリィ坂本）, I only know this song by Alphabet's but my impression is that for this band, summer pop was in session when they were in session. The song rather reminds me of the work of the late Kazuhito Murata（村田和人）and also that of The Style Council.

Yukawa wrote and composed "BABY BABY BABY" for Alphabet's' first of two albums "Alright!", and according to his J-Wiki file, he had been involved with at least a couple of bands since the 1960s including the Kodomo Band（子供ばんど）, a hard rock unit. Coincidentally enough, I found out that he and the aforementioned Murata plus one other musician would get together to form another group, Cyclings（サイクリングス）in 2009. However, he would make another start with the Kodomo Band a couple of years later.