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,
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