SUGAR BABE was a Japanese band formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1973 and split up … Read Full Bio ↴SUGAR BABE was a Japanese band formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1973 and split up in 1976. The original lineup consisted of 山下達郎(Tatsurō Yamashita), 大貫妙子(Taeko Ōnuki), 村松邦男(Kunio Muramatsu), 鰐川己久男(Kikuo Wanikawa) and 野口明彦(Akihiko Noguchi).
Together for a brief three years and just one album, Sugar Babe has become somewhat of a legend in Japanese pop music circles. Featuring a pre-solo debut Tatsuro Yamashita (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Taeko Onuki (vocals), and produced by Yamashita and Eiichi Otaki (guitarist/vocalist for Happy End), Sugar Babe played melodic, well-crafted tunes heavily influenced by American pop. The group made its live performance debut in 1973 at the farewell concert for the band Happy End, with a tight set showcasing the members' strong musicianship and defined by vocal tradeoffs between Yamashita and Onuki, strong arrangements, and exquisite songcraft. Sugar Babe's lone album, Songs, produced and engineered by Otaki, was release in 1975 as the flagship release of Otaki's Niagara label. Songs channeled Yamashita's worshipful obsession with American pop from the '0s and '0s and soul music. While sales of the record were marginal, in retrospect it can be said that Songs was at least partially responsible for launching the fertile pop music scene that exploded in Japan through the '70s. From the funky, soul-laced euphoria of "Show" to the Isley Brothers influenced "Down Town", which became the group's signature tune, the record showed a band that was on top of its game. While the band broke up in 1976, due in part to the bankruptcy of their record label, both Yamashita and Onuki went on to have long and successful careers, and remain active as artists. Songs was re-released in 1999 on the Planets label, rekindling interest in the band and its music, and introducing it to a whole new generation of artists and music lovers. Even today, several decades after the dissolution of the band, their songs are a fixture on radio programs and in the sets of cover bands across the country.
Together for a brief three years and just one album, Sugar Babe has become somewhat of a legend in Japanese pop music circles. Featuring a pre-solo debut Tatsuro Yamashita (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Taeko Onuki (vocals), and produced by Yamashita and Eiichi Otaki (guitarist/vocalist for Happy End), Sugar Babe played melodic, well-crafted tunes heavily influenced by American pop. The group made its live performance debut in 1973 at the farewell concert for the band Happy End, with a tight set showcasing the members' strong musicianship and defined by vocal tradeoffs between Yamashita and Onuki, strong arrangements, and exquisite songcraft. Sugar Babe's lone album, Songs, produced and engineered by Otaki, was release in 1975 as the flagship release of Otaki's Niagara label. Songs channeled Yamashita's worshipful obsession with American pop from the '0s and '0s and soul music. While sales of the record were marginal, in retrospect it can be said that Songs was at least partially responsible for launching the fertile pop music scene that exploded in Japan through the '70s. From the funky, soul-laced euphoria of "Show" to the Isley Brothers influenced "Down Town", which became the group's signature tune, the record showed a band that was on top of its game. While the band broke up in 1976, due in part to the bankruptcy of their record label, both Yamashita and Onuki went on to have long and successful careers, and remain active as artists. Songs was re-released in 1999 on the Planets label, rekindling interest in the band and its music, and introducing it to a whole new generation of artists and music lovers. Even today, several decades after the dissolution of the band, their songs are a fixture on radio programs and in the sets of cover bands across the country.
夏の終りに
SUGAR BABE Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by SUGAR BABE:
DOWN TOWN 七色の黄昏降りて来て 風はなんだか涼しげ 土曜日の夜はにぎやか 街角は いつでも 人いきれ それでも陽気なこの街 いつで…
Show 話に疲れた頃には 誰かが歌い始める ネオンの輝く 素敵な Show の始まりだよ 僕は君を街へ連れ出そう 僕は君に愛を囁…
SUGAR 通り過ぎないで 微笑みの温もりに 足を止めてごらんよ 通り過ぎないで 微笑みの温もりは 君の為にあるのさ…
いつも通り きっとあきらめるわ 今 いまなら 何も無くしたものは ひとつないし 街は いつも通り きっと いつも通り街は にぎやかな…
すてきなメロディー 夜ふけのさみしさ ひとりの時は 心の片隅の夢を開けよう Oh...すてきなメロディー Oh...流れて来るでしょう 星空…
ためいきばかり 熱いコーヒー 飲んでみても 頭は重く 朝の気分は夕べの続き 夜は全ての影をおおうから あの子がいなくても いつもと同じこ…
パレード まどろむ様なピンクの明かりは 浮かれ騒ぎにとっても御似合い 通りにあふれる虹のかけらを あなたに一つ 僕にも一つ ごらん…
今日はなんだか 今日はなんだか 遠い君の声が 聞こえる様な気がする 今日はなんだか 少しはましな 朝の香りがするからさ あの時君の心が僕…
夏の終わりに 何も変わる事なく ひと夏が過ぎ去り 言葉通りの お別れだけ 熱く回り続けた サイコロの目ももう 当たらぬまま 風に吹かれ…
指切り きみはとても 鋭い爪で 蜜柑の皮を むいているけど 話はいつも 尻切れ蜻蛉 どうだいぼくと 指切りしないか 約束なんて …
蜃気楼の街 明日 家を出たら うつろな風に 身をまかせ 流れるまま ひとつこぼれ落ちた 心のかけらを 捜しに行こう 遠のく窓明りと …
過ぎ去りし日々 "60's Dream" 今 この曇った空に 沈む街角で 鳴り響く ウェディングベル 耳を押さえても 心が痛むだけ 涙がこぼれそう 今 心に甦る …
過ぎ去りし日々 -60's Dream- 今 この曇った空に 沈む街角で 鳴り響く ウェディングベル 耳を押さえても 心が痛むだけ 涙がこぼれそう 今 心に甦る …
過ぎ去りし日々"60's Dream" 今 この曇った空に 沈む街角で 鳴り響く ウェディングベル 耳を押さえても 心が痛むだけ 涙がこぼれそう 今 心に甦る …
過ぎ去りし日々"60s Dream" 今 この曇った空に 沈む街角で 鳴り響く ウェディングベル 耳を押さえても 心が痛むだけ 涙がこぼれそう 今 心に甦る …
雨は手のひらにいっぱい はね上がる水たまり よけて通る事も できずにいる僕は 走り去るバスの煙 消えるのを見てる 雨は手のひらにいっぱいさ そう…
風の世界 さみしがりや 私を 尋ねて来た あなたは風 開け放した窓から 夜の影と忍び込んで渦巻く 心を覗かれないよう 固く閉ざした…
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@brianchar-bow3273
At the End of Summer (NATSU no OWARI NI) (demo) (Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
From "SUGAR BABE" 1st album –『SONGS』 Released April 25, 1975 (Niagara ⁄ Elec LP: NAL-0001)
Produced by Eiichi Otaki , Tatsuro Yamashita
All tracks Arranged by Tatsuro Yamashita
01. Show 00:00:00~(Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
02. Down Town 00:03:28~(Lyrics Ginji Ito, Music Composition Tatsuro Yamashita)
03. The City in the Mirage （SHINKIROU no MACHI）00:07:54~(Lyrics & Music Composition:Taeko Onuki)
04. World in the Wind(KAZE no SEKAI) 00:10:57~ (Lyrics & Music Composition:Taeko Onuki)
05.JustSigh (TAMEIKI BAKARI) 00:14:30~(Lyrics &MusicComposition :Kunio Muramatsu)
06. As Usual (ITUMO DORI), 00:18:53~(Lyrics & Music Composition : Taeko Onuki)
07. Wonderful Melody (SUTEKI na MELODY) 00:22:31~
(Lyrics Ginji Ito, Taeko Onuki, Tatsuro Yamashita, Music CompositionTaeko Onuki, Tatsuro Yamashita)
08. I'm in a mood today (KYOU wa NANDAKA) 00:25:10~
(Lyrics Tatsuro Yamashita, Ginji Ito, Music Composition:Tatsuro Yamashita)
09. Rain fills my palm (AME wa TENOHIRA IPPAI) 00:29:43~(Lyrics & Music Composition: Tatsuro Yamashita)
10. the Days Gone by "60's Dream (SUGISARISI HIBI)" 00:33:34~(Lyrics Ginji Ito, Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
11. Sugar 00:37:09~(Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
〇Bonus Tracks
12 At the End of Summer (NATSU no OWARI NI) (demo) 00:43:06~(Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
13 Parade (demo) 00:46:38~(Lyrics & Music Composition: Tatsuro Yamashita)
14 Show (demo) 00:50:46~(Lyrics & MusicComposition: Tatsuro Yamashita)
15 Pinky Promise (YUBI KIRI) (demo) 00:54:28~(Lyrics Takashi Matsumoto ,Music Composition :Otaki Eiichi)
16 My Feelings (OMOI) (Live Version) 00:57:43~(Lyrics & music Yasuyu Komiya)
SUGAR BABE was
Tatsuro Yamashita Vocals Electric & Acoustec Guitars, keyboards,
Taeko Onuki Vocals Keyboards,
Kunio Muramatsu Electric Guitar, Vocals
Kikuo Wanikawa Base
Akihiko Noguchi Drums
Yutaka Uehara, Drums
・・・・・・
Eiichi Otaki Bass, Vocals
Studio CBS SONY Roppongi Tokyo, ELEC Studio, Mohri Studio
The production of the debut album was decided in September 1974.
The label was the Niagara label presided over by Eiichi Otaki (ex-Happy End), and the publisher was Eleck Record, an independent record company. The Niagara label by Eiichi Otaki got its start as the first musicians' label in Japan.
Sugar Babe was chosen as the label's first artist.
Tatsuro Yamashita, Taeko Onuki and everyone else made their debut on the LP for the first time in their careers. It can be said that the moment of the birth of the Japanese CITY POP has risen.
Among the members of this unknown new band, first handled and discovered by Eiichi Otaki of HAPPY END, were born members who would later have an impact on the Japanese music world in the 1980s and beyond.
This album could not be released in Europe and the United States, and it became an unknown treasure buried only in Japan of far east, and it did not reach the ears of people around the world for about 50 years.
@user-yd8uy8pi8l
歌詞
何も変わる事なく ひと夏が過ぎ去り
言葉通りの お別れだけ
熱く回り続けた サイコロの目ももう
当たらぬまま 風に吹かれる
今 始めるのは ひとりきりの遊び
めくるめく様な ひと夏の終わり
燃える陽が傾き 僕に判る事は
君と僕の終わる今は
つるべ落としの秋の始まり
@sibatamisiatoko
このコード進行と切なさ一杯のメロディライン、もちろん歌詞の哀しみ。最高傑作!
@hiuminglo3040
秋の涼しさを少しずつ感じられるアメリカ中西部でこの曲を聴く
@brianchar-bow3273
At the End of Summer (NATSU no OWARI NI) (demo) (Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
From "SUGAR BABE" 1st album –『SONGS』 Released April 25, 1975 (Niagara ⁄ Elec LP: NAL-0001)
Produced by Eiichi Otaki , Tatsuro Yamashita
All tracks Arranged by Tatsuro Yamashita
01. Show 00:00:00~(Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
02. Down Town 00:03:28~(Lyrics Ginji Ito, Music Composition Tatsuro Yamashita)
03. The City in the Mirage （SHINKIROU no MACHI）00:07:54~(Lyrics & Music Composition:Taeko Onuki)
04. World in the Wind(KAZE no SEKAI) 00:10:57~ (Lyrics & Music Composition:Taeko Onuki)
05.JustSigh (TAMEIKI BAKARI) 00:14:30~(Lyrics &MusicComposition :Kunio Muramatsu)
06. As Usual (ITUMO DORI), 00:18:53~(Lyrics & Music Composition : Taeko Onuki)
07. Wonderful Melody (SUTEKI na MELODY) 00:22:31~
(Lyrics Ginji Ito, Taeko Onuki, Tatsuro Yamashita, Music CompositionTaeko Onuki, Tatsuro Yamashita)
08. I'm in a mood today (KYOU wa NANDAKA) 00:25:10~
(Lyrics Tatsuro Yamashita, Ginji Ito, Music Composition:Tatsuro Yamashita)
09. Rain fills my palm (AME wa TENOHIRA IPPAI) 00:29:43~(Lyrics & Music Composition: Tatsuro Yamashita)
10. the Days Gone by "60's Dream (SUGISARISI HIBI)" 00:33:34~(Lyrics Ginji Ito, Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
11. Sugar 00:37:09~(Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
〇Bonus Tracks
12 At the End of Summer (NATSU no OWARI NI) (demo) 00:43:06~(Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita)
13 Parade (demo) 00:46:38~(Lyrics & Music Composition: Tatsuro Yamashita)
14 Show (demo) 00:50:46~(Lyrics & MusicComposition: Tatsuro Yamashita)
15 Pinky Promise (YUBI KIRI) (demo) 00:54:28~(Lyrics Takashi Matsumoto ,Music Composition :Otaki Eiichi)
16 My Feelings (OMOI) (Live Version) 00:57:43~(Lyrics & music Yasuyu Komiya)
SUGAR BABE was
Tatsuro Yamashita Vocals Electric & Acoustec Guitars, keyboards,
Taeko Onuki Vocals Keyboards,
Kunio Muramatsu Electric Guitar, Vocals
Kikuo Wanikawa Base
Akihiko Noguchi Drums
Yutaka Uehara, Drums
・・・・・・
Eiichi Otaki Bass, Vocals
Studio CBS SONY Roppongi Tokyo, ELEC Studio, Mohri Studio
The production of the debut album was decided in September 1974.
The label was the Niagara label presided over by Eiichi Otaki (ex-Happy End), and the publisher was Eleck Record, an independent record company. The Niagara label by Eiichi Otaki got its start as the first musicians' label in Japan.
Sugar Babe was chosen as the label's first artist.
Tatsuro Yamashita, Taeko Onuki and everyone else made their debut on the LP for the first time in their careers. It can be said that the moment of the birth of the Japanese CITY POP has risen.
Among the members of this unknown new band, first handled and discovered by Eiichi Otaki of HAPPY END, were born members who would later have an impact on the Japanese music world in the 1980s and beyond.
This album could not be released in Europe and the United States, and it became an unknown treasure buried only in Japan of far east, and it did not reach the ears of people around the world for about 50 years.
@user-yv6rn5nv7v
11月になっても聴いてます。
@user-lj1rq5zf6s
シュガー・ベイブって本当にすごいメンバーの集まりだったんですねシティポップの先駆け、センスの塊です!!🤗👍🏻🎵♥️
@clubedosmusicos5171
Do you have the full album? Do you know where I can find him? On digital platforms
@enmanuelr.c.r.c.2191
This song is just too cool. Is like an eternal road trip ✨
@nanashibusoumusyuku6901
70年代終わりから80年代(バブル期も含んで。)、更には90年代になっても、CMでも何でも「あれ、これも達郎、あれも達郎‥」の感、大、だった記憶があります。正直、「出し過ぎ、使い過ぎだわな‥」の感、抑えきれずでした‥ま、それは本人の、と言うより「使う側」の問題だったのでしょうが、それでも「やっぱり、どんなモンだかなぁ‥」と思わざるを得ない時もありましたねぇ‥そんな時は、やっぱりこの曲に「戻り」ます‥"初見"はシュガーベイブが解散して時を経た81年でしたが、当時既に「あれも達郎、これも達郎」が始まっていた中で、"商売"とか、「メジャー願望」ではなく、ただ「日本語ロック」を求めていたであろう「青臭さ」が寧ろ清々しく、またメロディーが何故か「懐かしく」感じられたものです。
@verdiernoyama9681
If only they had made a second album
@user-yd8uy8pi8l
歌詞
何も変わる事なく ひと夏が過ぎ去り
言葉通りの お別れだけ
熱く回り続けた サイコロの目ももう
当たらぬまま 風に吹かれる
今 始めるのは ひとりきりの遊び
めくるめく様な ひと夏の終わり
燃える陽が傾き 僕に判る事は
君と僕の終わる今は
つるべ落としの秋の始まり