Back in 2017, I provided an article on the early 1970s aidoru group Golden Half（ゴールデン・ハーフ）which began as a quintet consisting of women who were half-Japanese and half another nationality. Their run lasted between 1970 and 1974 with one of their notable singles being their first one, "Kiiroi Sakuranbo"（黄色いサクランボ）.
In 1975, some time after Golden Half had broke up, one member, Eva Maria Vazquez, went solo and released a single "Hoho ni Kakaru Namida" (Teardrop on Your Cheek) under the mononym Eva（エバ）. A 70s aidoru-esque (although I'm not sure whether Eva was being promoted as an aidoru by that point or as a general pop singer) kayo with a hint of country music which was created by the songwriting duo of lyricist Jun Hashimoto and composer Kyohei Tsutsumi（橋本淳・筒美京平）, it's a very pleasant number and Eva comports herself well here. I'm not sure whether she released any more singles, but according to the article on Golden Half and the YouTube video below from 5:30, as of 2021, she has been running a robatayaki restaurant with her mother. Before that, Eva had been a popular tarento appearing on all sorts of variety shows.
Morning, Brian. Yeah, I think that was indeed the raison d'etre for Golden Half.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think Agnes Lum was pretty famous for her cheesecake photos.
ReplyDeleteThat might explain why we never really saw Agnes Lum all that much on TV although Agnes Chan became a frequent guest on variety and music shows. My only tenuous connection with Agnes Chan was that she used to be a University of Toronto student back in the 70s.
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