Van Paugam let us City Pop fans know today that November 28th is the late Miki Matsubara's（松原みき） birthday. She would have been 64 today. So, if any of you feel like it, play that copy of "Mayonaka no Door"（真夜中のドアー）to your hearts' content.
Last year, I was a day late but I did commemorate her birthday with her 1982 "Bay City Romance", and today I'm doing so with her third single "Hello Today" which was released in April 1980. Written by Yoshiko Miura（三浦徳子）and composed/arranged by Masaaki Omura（大村雅朗）, it's the Matsubara City Pop that everyone loves with plenty of that disco funk goodness and Miki's purringly sultry vocals. The lyrics seem to tell a story of a footloose-and-fancy-free lady enjoying life day-by-day and not even letting potential romance get in the way of her life.
I'm not sure whether "Hello Today" was ever included in Matsubara's original albums but it has popped up in at least one BEST compilation of her works such as her July 2008 "Best Collection" under the Pony Canyon label. Finally, it's poignant to note that not only has Matsubara left this mortal coil, but songwriters Miura and Omura have also passed away with the former's departure just a few weeks ago.
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