Sugar Baby Love offered it to the demo musicians, provided that they would become an actual group. With the exception of the recording's lead singer, Paul Da Vinci, who had signed a solo recording contract with Penny Farthing Records. Surprisingly, only John Richardson, who played drums and spoke the "please take my advice," would sign up and later become a member of The Rubettes. "Sugar Baby Love" became a UK No. 1 hit in 1974, also reaching No. 37 and No. 30 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and Cashbox charts, respectively. It also reached No. 1 in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria
D-Ream On Volume 1 It was later re-issued in 1993 where it reached number 19 and again in 1994 where it peaked at number four. The biggest hit however was "" which on initial release in 1993 reached number 24, but on re-release in early 1994, peaked at number one in the UK charts. Other singles taken from the album were: "Unforgiven" (UK #29), the double A-sided "Star"/"I Like It" (UK #26), "Take Me Away" (UK #18) and "Blame It on Me" (UK #25). The album reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart and remained on the UK charts for 37 weeks, spanning