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,
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart, staying on the charts for 14 weeks. It also peaked at #7 on the "Record World" charts. "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One" reached #35 on "Billboard", and on the "Record World" charts it peaked at #22, making it their most successful album since the mid-60s. The success of the singles and album allowed the Kinks to negotiate a new contract with RCA Records, construct their own London Studio, which they named Konk, and assume more creative and managerial control. The record also proved influential: Tom Petty told "Rolling Stone" that he