Ritsuko Amano -- Lemon no Namida（レモンの涙）

From Mercari

Once again, I have encountered a singer whose profile is virtually a tabula rasa. I couldn't find any information on this singer Ritsuko Amano（天野立子）aside from the fact that she released a single in 1985 titled "Lemon no Namida" (Lemon Tears).

And that's too bad since she's got a very nice voice...not even sure whether she was promoted as a regular pop singer or an aidoru. I figure that she spans the gap between Hiromi Iwasaki（岩崎宏美）and Mari Iijima（飯島真理）. And "Lemon no Namida" indeed has that breezy aidoru-esque arrangement but with some City Pop and disco which makes this feel like something that could have been composed a half-decade earlier; love the bass by the way. I had to track down a photo of the actual 45" single at Mercari to find out that Mariko Kubota（窪田まり子）was the lyricist while the composer was Kunihiko Suzuki（鈴木邦彦）. If anyone out there can provide some further insight into this mystery singer, that would be greatly appreciated.