A Taste Of Honey Sukiyaki on American Bandstand (Remastered)

Enhanced with remastered CD-quality audio overdub, A Taste Of Honey performed their soulful ballad remake of Sukiyaki live on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand in 1981. Regular female bassist Janice–Marie Johnson sings lead vocals and regular guitarist Hazel Payne plays bass mimed on American Bandstand. The single Sukiyaki reached #1 on Billboard Adult Contemporary and Hot R&B charts. A Taste Of Honey’s cover of Japan’s Kyu Sakamoto’s 1963 hit peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981. Watch Janice Marie Johnson, dressed in a traditional Japanese Kimono, lead A Taste Of Honey on Sukiyaki at Old School Saturday Night at the Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA in August 2014