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,
Hang On in There Baby Hang On in There Baby "Hang on in There Baby" is a song written by Johnny Bristol as the title track from his first album. It was released a single in 1974, reaching No. 8 in the US Pop and No. 2 in the US R&B chart. The song also reached No. 3 in the UK. The song was later covered as a disco version by American singer and actress Bette Midler in 1979, British pop band Curiosity in 1992, which also peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. Johnny Bristol re-released the track as a duet with