Y'know...I've heard about the legendary Brill Building and the fact that an entire genre of American pop music was woven around it thanks to folks like Neil Sedaka, Burt Bacharach and Carole King. But I never got to see the actual building in New York City...until now, thanks to Wikipedia.
There have been some Japanese adherents to the Brill Building sound to a certain extent. I often think of Kaoru Sudo（須藤薫）and Masamichi Sugi（杉真理）, but it also looks like singer-songwriter and former lead guitarist of Sugar Babe, Kunio Muramatsu（村松邦男）, also had his hand in that distinctive sound. It's been several years since he's had a byline on "Kayo Kyoku Plus" so I'm happy to have him back with "X'mas Rock" which was his November 1984 single. Yup, I do pick up on the Brill Building influence with the doo-wop, and the song seems inspired from "Jingle Bell Rock" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus".
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