Tony Waddington (songwriter) then offered it to the demo musicians, provided that they would become an actual group. The musicians agreed, were named The Rubettes, and "Sugar Baby Love" became a UK number one hit in 1974, also reaching number 37 in the US chart. They wrote and produced all of the Rubettes' subsequent UK hits – nine Top 50 hits in all between 1974 and 1977 – winning an Ivor Novello Award as Songwriters of the Year, and also reached the UK Top 10 with "Sugar Candy Kisses" by Mac and Katie Kissoon. They set up their own record label, State Records,
You've Got a Friend (Andy Williams album) at number one on the pop and Easy Listening charts, reached number six UK, received Gold certification, and earned King the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. The Jackson 5 song "I'll Be There" had five weeks at number one on the Hot 100 and six weeks at number one R&B and reached number 24 Easy Listening and number four UK. The Fortunes got as high as number 15 pop and number eight Easy Listening with "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again". Bread took "If" to number four on the Hot 100 and also spent three weeks at