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,
Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" is a hit song by country and pop singer-songwriter Mac Davis. From his breakthrough album of the same name, the song reached number one on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts in September 1972, spending three weeks atop each chart. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 8 song of 1972. He wrote the song when the record company demanded he write a tune with a "hook". The song was also a modest country hit concurrent with its pop success, reaching number 26 shortly after the