Showing posts with label Pink Lady. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pink Lady. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Pink Lady -- Pink no Ringo（ピンクの林檎）

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  "Uta Con" （うたコン） this week started off with a big tribute to the iconic aidoru duo Pink Lady（ピンクレディー） from the 1970s with one...
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Thursday, August 6, 2026

Linda Ronstadt -- Just One Look

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  Not only did I hear "Just One Look" on the radio but I also heard plenty of it as a commercial jingle for cars. I just forgot i...
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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Bonnie Tyler -- It's a Heartache

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Wikimedia Commons I was watching the local news here when the breaking news hit the screen that singer Bonnie Tyler had passed away at the ...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

A Taste of Honey -- Boogie Oogie Oogie

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  The disco/R&B band A Taste of Honey has had residency on KKP since the blog was three weeks old. I was tackling one of the great kayo...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

J-Canuck's Reps for Showa Kayo（昭和歌謡）

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via Wikimedia Commons As I noted in my previous article , due to Wednesday the 29th being Showa Day in Japan (and thus the official start ...
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Monday, February 23, 2026

Dance-y Songs for Me 2 (for International Dance Day...actually on April 29th)

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  It was exactly a year ago (and also today happens to be the current Emperor's birthday in Japan so it was a national holiday over th...
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Thursday, February 5, 2026

Michael Johnson -- Bluer Than Blue

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  Interestingly for Reminiscings of Youth this week, this particular ballad had been mentioned years before I even decided to start the ROY...
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Sunday, January 11, 2026

The Works of Shunichi Tokura（都倉俊一）

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Wikimedia Commons via the Agency for Cultural Affairs   Since going into the 21st century, NHK's Kohaku Utagassen has undergone a number...
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Donna Summer -- Last Dance

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  Welcome to the regular weekly Reminiscings of Youth session where I post about songs that I used to hear in my youth (toddlerhood, young a...
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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Steely Dan -- FM (No Static at All)

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  I'm providing this week's Reminiscings of Youth under false pretenses since this song by Steely Dan , unlike "Peg" and...
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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Gloria Gaynor -- I Will Survive

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  I have mentioned Gloria Gaynor and her definitive "I Will Survive" for one of the regular articles somewhere in KKP but I can...
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Monday, October 13, 2025

Kate Bush -- Wuthering Heights

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Wikimedia Commons Welcome to another Holiday edition of Reminiscings of Youth . Of course, being the long weekend, our entire family got t...
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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Supertramp -- Fool's Overture

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Discogs.com I had another song (album, actually) ready to go for this week's Reminiscings of Youth but on hearing about Supertramp'...
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Thursday, July 24, 2025

John Williams -- Superman

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  I figure that with me seeing the new "Superman" last week and then "Fantastic Four" coming out in the next several h...
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Saturday, April 5, 2025

Pink Lady -- Kanpai! Ojou-san（乾杯!お嬢さん）

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  As is the case in English , the Japanese language is chock-filled with portmanteaus . There is kopipe （コピペ） for "copy-and-paste"...
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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Nicolette Larson -- French Waltz

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  A snow day has been declared for the Toronto area after getting the heaviest snowstorm in a couple of years. So I figure that the kids are...
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Monday, November 4, 2024

Jack Jones -- Love Boat

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In last week's ROY article, I gave tribute to Teri Garr , the offbeat comic actress who had been in movies such as "Young Frankenst...
Monday, October 14, 2024

Linda Ronstadt -- It's So Easy

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  Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! We've already had our turkey but I hope that many of you will enjoy yours tonight. Since it is a national ...