The second Oscar single was a version of a Pete Townshend song "Join My Gang", which The Who never recorded. His third single, a novelty song called "Over the Wall We Go" (1967) is notable for being written and produced by a young David Bowie (Nicholas at this time was managing the band The Sweet and recommended them to record producer Phil Wainman whom he worked with at Mellin Music Publishing). After settling on the stage name Paul Nicholas, he found success in the UK in musicals, beginning with the leading role of Claude in "Hair" (which Stigwood produced) before winning the title role in the original London production of "Jesus Christ Superstar". The part of Danny to Elaine Paige's Sandy made them the first British couple to play the leads in "Grease".