Sherbet's second single, "Can You Feel It Baby" (September 1971), featured Braithwaite's gritty-but-polished lead vocals, and became the group's first national Top 40 hit, on the "Go-Set" singles chart. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, Sherbet were "one of the country's biggest bands over the next ten years" and Braithwaite rose to national fame as their lead singer. His soul-influenced vocals and the group's pop styling was heard on a series of singles and albums throughout the 1970s: they provided an additional 19 hits on the national charts in that decade.