Aneka ~ Japanese Boy 1981 Disco Purrfection Version

Mary Sandeman (b. 1947) is a well respected Gaelic singer of traditional Irish music whose clear as a bell voice and her stately appearance garnered her a record contract in 1979. Ret Records released her first LP "Introducing Mary Sandeman" that same year and it was full of Irish folk music.

She met Bobbie Heatlie who arranged her folk music and just for fun she challenged him to write her a song to see if she could have some success on the pop charts. She was six feet tall, spoke in a posh voice and was the wife of a small town general practitioner doctor so Bobbie didn't believe that it would work out so he kept promising to write her something. Finally one day, she called him to say the studio was booked and be ready to record.

He hoped that she would give up but when she persisted he got busy writing starting with the chorus and cannibalizing parts of other songs he had been working on turning the Frankenstein concoction into a coherent demo that every label turned down except for Hansa Records who heard the appeal. The official release was recorded and released with song taking off immediately on the charts across Europe and the UK.

Now the label had a problem with this svelte socialite image so Mary decided to add a kimono and a wig to her appearance and with a phone book check, she chose Anika, that she changed to Aneka to give the song that Asian gloss and she was ready for fame and #1 pop status in the UK and then across Europe.

In a TV interview, she admitted that her fame as a pop star "was a real hoot" so once she conquered the disco world, she realized how fleeting it was and left it. She never followed up the Aneka project and later on returned to live performing with the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra as a featured vocalist. Here she is in 2008 and she still sounds wonderful! She would be 75 this year and is retired from show business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EMH_azy0Q

Дата на публикация: 10 септември, 2026
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