PINK LADY "Pink Lady"

There was a trainwreck of a TV variety show on in the late 70s. Pink Lady & Jeff starred two hello cutie Japanese women speaking broken engrish and a C-list comedian named Jeff Altman (possibly known for his bit parts on Maude or Mork & Mindy). Pink Lady were already an established disposable Japanese pop duo, akin to Expose minus one singer or two Stacey Q's put together. Right. Anyway, some genius thought it would be a good idea to introduce them to America by exploiting the fact that these girls, Mie and Kei, were kinda hot and spoke little engrish. Jeff played the straight man, always the butt of the joke, probably still is.

Pink Lady's LP on Elektra was released and apparently, according to Billboard, Kiss In The Dark cracked the top 40 back in 1979. I found this one, one of many I'll post about, at Princeton Record Exchange, several years ago, for $1.99. What immediately struck me was that there appeared to be a cover of the celebrated and underrated 60s baroque pop group, The Left Banke, on here. You know, I had to take it home to hear the blasphemy first hand. This record makes the rounds when friends are over and several Pimm's cups have been consumed. Enjoy or die trying.

WALK AWAY RENEE
KISS IN THE DARK