The Midnighters the first million-selling hit for Gladys Knight & the Pips), and "Starting from Tonight" (written by Tucker). Ballard began writing for the group and became its lead singer. The group had some success and moved to another King Records subsidiary, Federal Records, for which they recorded "Get It", their first major R&B hit, which spent seven weeks in the Top 10 on the R&B chart and also sold well in mainstream markets. Around this time, the group's name was considered too similar to that of another group on the King roster, the "5" Royales, and the name was changed to
Miss Lucy had a baby of It". In the 1990s the singer Lucy Peach popularized a version of the song with the words "I had a little turtle, its name was Tiny Tim". Following that, there have been versions of "Miss Suzy had a turtle, she called it Tiny Tim", and an Egyptian Tortoise was named Tiny Tim at the Zoological Society of London Whipsnade Zoo. The Australian children's music group "The Wiggles" made a version called "Murray" had a Turtle. The nickname 'Miss Lucy' has been used in the context of literature and art: A version of the song has been "Miss Lucy had