Happy Monday! One of the defining characteristics for veteran singer/actor/TV personality Akiko Wada（和田アキ子）has been that really short haircut that she's been having for decades. It's so much the case that any record cover or video footage featuring her in any longer hair is automatically from way back in the early 70s and beyond.
Case in point: her 12th single from June 1972, "Natsu no Yoru no Samba" (Summer Night Samba). Seeing her in that hairdo on the cover is absolutely precious. Written by Yu Aku（阿久悠）and composed by Koichi Morita（森田公一）, the same duo behind her previous single and far more recognized song "Ano Kane wo Narasu no wa Anata"（あの鐘を鳴らすのはあなた）, "Natsu no Yoru no Samba" is still a snazzy number although aside from some of the samba effects in the intro and outro and here and there, it's still more of a nocturnal downtown kayo kyoku.
Hey, summer is just a few days away. I'm sure in Japan, things are already starting to bake and the workers are hitting the rooftop beer gardens. It can't be that comfy in the heat and humidity but the beer must help.🍺🍻
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