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"Sugar Baby Love", recorded in autumn 1973 [3] and released in January 1974, is a bubblegum pop song, and the debut single of the Rubettes. Written by Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington and produced by Bickerton, engineered by John Mackswith at Lansdowne Recording Studios, and with lead vocals by Paul Da Vinci, "Sugar Baby Love" was the band's only number one single on the UK Singles Chart ...
The album reached No. 32 in the German charts and No. 42 in the Netherlands on its release in 1974. [2] A track from the album, "Sugar Baby Love" was an instant singles hit remaining at number one in the United Kingdom for four weeks in May 1974, while reaching No. 37 on the US chart that August, [3] and remains their best-known record. [1] [4]
The Rubettes are an English pop/glam rock band put together in 1974 after the release of "Sugar Baby Love", a recording assembled of studio session musicians [1] in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, the then head of A&R at Polydor Records, and his co-songwriter, Tony Waddington after their doo-wop and 1950s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by a number of existing ...
"Sugar Baby Love" – featuring Da Vinci's striking falsetto (he also sang all of the low vocal plus the two part harmony on the record) but with Alan Williams, who sang backing vocals on the record, appearing as the lead singer (some say miming, though this is disputed) on Top of the Pops – became a UK number one hit in 1974, also reaching ...
"Tonight" was one of the four demonstration recordings recorded by session musicians and singers in October 1973 which led to the formation of the Rubettes—the others being "Sugar Baby Love", "Juke Box Jive" and "Sugar Candy Kisses" (which became a hit for Mac and Katie Kissoon). [2]
"Juke Box Jive", by English band The Rubettes, was the lead single from their second album We Can Do It. As with their two previous singles, it was written by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington and produced by Bickerton. The single reached number 3 in the UK charts. [1]
Rubettes is the third studio album by the English pop band The Rubettes, released on the State Records label in November 1975, their third studio album release within 12 months. [1] It was the last Rubettes album produced by Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington .The album contained two UK top 40 hits - Foe Dee O Dee and Little Darling.
Sugar Baby Love", which became the groups most successful song, went to number 1 in the U.K. [4] [5] Subsequent songs, such as "I Can Do It" and "Juke Box Jive", are sang by Alan. The Rubettes disbanded in 2000, and not that long after Williams recreates The Rubettes with Mick Clarke and John Richardson of the original members.