Biography
Takako Mamiya has captured millions of listeners’ hearts with her iconic City Pop album; Love Trip. Everyone who knows City Pop knows of this record. It’s an illustrious example of Japanese Jazz Pop Fusion that has a very late night vibe to it, and Takako’s voice adds a very husky, sultry creme on top of it that would make anyone swoon. Love Trip, the record, has been repressed several times now since her popularity caught on, and the album almost always sells out.
According to Korean YouTuber, Minken, the singer is alive and well, confirmed by former Kitty Records director Shiina Kazuo. She married after the release of Love Trip, and due to poor sales she retired immediately. I recall not seeing the record ranked on the Oricon for the year it was released, 1982. Funny that 40 years later it is considered iconic and a must have album for lovers of the genre.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.