Sugar Baby Love and it took off like a rocket and sold 6 million copies worldwide. Gerry said to me, 'I'm keeping my mouth shut and will concentrate on conducting the strings.'" Sugar Baby Love "Sugar Baby Love", recorded in autumn 1973 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 one and only number one single in the UK Singles Chart,
Love Story (Andy Williams album) Hot 100, and made it to number 17 Easy Listening and number four UK. Perry Como's "It's Impossible" spent four weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart and peaked at number 10 pop and number four UK. The Carpenters earned a Gold record for "We've Only Just Begun" and spent four weeks at number two pop and seven weeks at number one Easy Listening in addition to reaching number 28 UK. Another Gold record covered here is The Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You", which enjoyed three weeks at number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and