Year by year
1975 · A record called Songs
Sugar Babe release their only album on Eiichi Ohtaki’s new Niagara label. It sells poorly, but its sound — urban, harmony-rich and soul-literate — is later read as the genre’s starting point.
Key releases of 1975
- Songs (album) — Sugar Babe
- Tropical Dandy (album) — Haruomi Hosono
- Niagara Moon (album) — Eiichi Ohtaki
- Cobalt Hour (album) — Yumi Arai (Yumi Matsutoya)
Full articles: Songs, Cobalt Hour, Tropical Dandy
Debut albums in 1975
- Sugar Babe シュガー・ベイブ
- Hiromi Iwasaki 岩崎宏美
- Hi-Fi Set ハイ・ファイ・セット
- Shigeru Suzuki 鈴木茂
