Who had a U.K. No 1 in the 60's with Sugar Sugar
"""Disc"" introduced an initiative in 1959 to present a gold record to singles that sold over one million units. The awards relied on record companies correctly compiling and supplying sales information, and ""Sugar, Sugar"" was erroneously awarded a gold disc in January 1970 having sold approximately 945,000 copies; the RCA informed ""Disc"" that one million copies had been shipped, however not all were sold. Nevertheless, following the introduction of music downloads in 2004, ""Sugar, Sugar"" passed the one-million sales mark. The studio musicians on the Archies song are: In 1970, American singer Wilson Pickett recorded a cover version of ""Sugar,"
"the 1962 number one hit, ""The Loco-Motion"" which was performed by Little Eva. Sugar Sugar becomes a big hit for The Archies, defining the bubblegum pop genre. Triumph and great tragedy marked the 1960s in country music. The genre continued to gain national exposure through network television, with weekly series and awards programs gaining popularity. Sales of records continued to rise as new artists and trends came to the forefront. However, several top stars died under tragic circumstances, including several who were killed in plane crashes. The predominant musical style during the decade was the Nashville Sound, a style that"
"August 1969, meaning it sold 1 million units (the gold threshold was later lowered to 500,000). It is ranked at number 78 on ""Billboard's Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Singles"". It also spent eight weeks at the top of the UK singles chart and peaked at #1 in the South African Singles Chart. On February 5, 2006, ""Sugar, Sugar"" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, as co-writer Andy Kim is originally from Montreal, Quebec. Although official music recording sales certifications were not introduced in the United Kingdom until the British Phonographic Industry was formed in 1973,"
"Lynsey de Paul Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK top 10 single ""Sugar Me"", becoming the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands). She represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, scoring another chart topping hit in Switzerland and had a successful career as an Ivor Novello Award-winning composer, actress and television celebrity. Lyndsey Monckton Rubin was born to"
"Craig Douglas Craig Douglas (born Terence Perkins, 12 August 1941) is an English pop singer, who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His sole UK chart-topper, ""Only Sixteen"" (1959), sold more copies in the UK than Sam Cooke's original version. Born a twin, in Newport, Isle of Wight the former Terence Perkins was employed as a milkman before becoming a professional singer, and was known to many as the 'Singing Milkman'. His manager was Bunny Lewis, who gave him the name Craig Douglas. Lewis saw the name outside a house in Scotland. Douglas said there were a"
"and Sugar had a 1977 number 3 hit with it in the USA, while the soul singer Stacy Lattisaw hit number nine on the US R&B charts with her version in 1992 and Barrington Levy scored a huge hit with a reggae version. It was also covered by artists as diverse as Gino Cunico, Ed Robinson, Fire and Rain, Carl Graves, The Delfonics, China Black, Lori Balmer, Helge Nielsens Orkester, Spectrum, Quench Aid, Barry Manilow and Jamie Sparks. To date, there are around 200 recordings of Mindel's songs. In 1975 Mindel left Noel Gay to set up the publishing company"
"was interred with a Humanist funeral at Hendon Cemetery. She is listed on the official Grammy website under ""remembering the music people we lost in 2014–2015"". Lynsey de Paul Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK top 10 single ""Sugar Me"", becoming the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands). She represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, scoring another"
"first period of British success in the late 1960s started with ""New York Mining Disaster 1941"" and the band added drummer Colin Petersen and guitarist Vince Melouney to their line up. They toured Europe in 1967 and 1968 as well as the US in August 1968. The band's first UK No. 1 was ""Massachusetts"" which features Gibb on lead vocal. On the day it reached number one, 5 November 1967, Robin Gibb recalled to ""The Mail on Sunday"" on 1 November 2009: On 13 June 1968, Gibb recorded demos for seven songs, accompanying himself on guitar. The tape listed Robin"
"standard. The Spencer Davis Group had their first UK number one with the Jackie Edwards penned ""Keep on Running"" (1965), but became largely a vehicle for the young keyboard player and vocalist Steve Winwood, who at only 18 co-wrote ""Gimme Some Lovin'"" (1967) and ""I'm a Man"" (1967), both of which reached the ""Billboard"" 100 top 10 and became R&B standards. The Moody Blues had only one major R&B hit with a cover of ""Go Now"" (1964), which reached number one in the UK and number ten in the US. Subsequent singles failed to penetrate the top 20 and hardly"
"No. 3 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and became a rock-radio staple. In the UK, the song first charted on January 15, 2006 at No. 54 before moving to just outside the top 20 at No. 24 on February 5. However, it continued rising in the charts in February, and entered the top 10 at its peak position of No. 8. As of 2013, the song has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK to date being certified Silver. It remained in the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart for 21 weeks. The music video for ""Sugar,"
"of 56. Rikki Patrick{Recardo Patrick} replaced Marcel King in 1975. Sweet Sensation (band) Sweet Sensation was an eight piece British soul group who had some success in the mid 1970s. They are best known for their 1974 No. 1 UK hit, ""Sad Sweet Dreamer"". Formed in Manchester in 1971, the band came to prominence after appearing on the ITV talent show ""New Faces"". Under the guidance of panellist Tony Hatch the band signed to Pye Records. The debut single ""Snowfire"" failed to reach the charts, but the follow-up ""Sad Sweet Dreamer"" was a UK number one single in October 1974,"
"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,"
"number one on the US Hot 100. All were preceded by British jazz musician Kenny Ball peaking at #2 on 17 March 1962 on the Hot 100 with the instrumental ""Midnight in Moscow"". Some observers have noted that US teenagers were growing tired of singles-oriented pop acts like Fabian. The Mods and Rockers, two youth ""gangs"" in mid-1960s Britain, also had an impact in British Invasion music. Bands with a Mod aesthetic became the most popular, but bands able to balance both (e.g. the Beatles) were also successful. In October 1963, the first newspaper articles about the frenzy in England"
"in the UK chart. Elvis Presley reached number 2 in the UK chart with ""Heartbreak Hotel"" in 1956 and had nine more singles in the Top 30 that year. His first number 1 was ""All Shook Up"" in 1957 and there would be more chart-toppers for him and for Buddy Holly and the Crickets and Jerry Lee Lewis in the next two years. The initial response of the British music industry was to attempt to produce exact copies of American records. These were often recorded with session musicians and, even if note perfect, lacked the energy and spontaneity that characterised"
"Pickett co-founded pop band Sailor with Kajanus with the addition of keyboard player, Henry Marsh, and drummer, Grant Serpell. Sailor recorded a total of 10 albums throughout their career achieving considerable UK and international success during the early to mid-1970s with a number of hit singles produced by Jeffrey Lesser and Rupert Holmes, most notably 'A Glass of Champagne' and 'Girls Girls Girls' – the former hit dislodging Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at the UK Number 1 spot in the NME chart in 1976 after having resided at the Number 2 slot for several weeks. (Thirty years on, in 2006, 'Champagne'"
"their music was also available on standard issue LPs and 45s). Though the group no longer appears in animation, they are still frequently used in stories published by Archie Comics. A set of studio musicians was assembled by Don Kirshner in 1968 to perform various songs. The most famous is ""Sugar, Sugar"", written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, which went to number one on the pop chart in 1969, sold over six million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. In the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, it was ranked as the No. 1 song of that year, the only time"
"in both countries by French Record Label, Disques Vogue. Covers included a hit for The Cryan' Shames, whose version was released in 1966 on the Chicago-based Destination label. The song became a local and regional hit for the band and finally peaked at number 49 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. The Cryan' Shames' recording of the song was included on the influential 1972 compilation """". Sugar and Spice (The Searchers song) ""Sugar and Spice"" is a 1963 song by Merseybeat band The Searchers written by Tony Hatch under the pseudonym Fred Nightingale. It made number two on the UK"
"successes including ""Cumberland Gap"" (1957), ""Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour"" (1958) and ""My Old Man's a Dustman"" (1960). However, the British rock and roll scene was starting to take off, producing home-grown stars like Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde and Cliff Richard and the Shadows (themselves originally involved in skiffle). Donegan was the only skiffle act to make a serious impact on the charts, and even he began to look outmoded. The skiffle craze was largely over by 1958, as its enthusiasts either abandoned music for more stable employment or moved into some of the forms of music that"
"Susan Maughan Susan Maughan (born Marian Maughan, 1 July 1938,) is an English singer who released successful singles in the 1960s. Her most famous and successful song, ""Bobby's Girl"" (a cover of the Marcie Blane single), reached number three in the UK Singles Chart at Christmas time in 1962. It also reached number six in the Norwegian chart in that year. Maughan was born in Consett, County Durham. The sleeve notes on her 1963 album, written by John Franz, stated that ""Susan's family moved to Birmingham (in 1953) when Susan was 15. She started work there as a shorthand typist,"
"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,"
"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"
"era. Neil Christian Neil Christian (born Christopher Tidmarsh, 14 February 1943 – 4 January 2010) was an English singer. Christian had a solo hit single in 1966, when ""That's Nice"" (written by Miki Dallon), reached Number 14 in the UK Singles Chart. He remains, however, a one-hit wonder. Follow-up singles ""Oops"" and ""Two at a Time"" never reached the charts. He was born Hoxton, East London. Neil Christian and the Crusaders are one of the British rock and roll bands of the 1960s. They were signed to the Strike record label. In the early 1960s Jimmy Page was asked to"
"somewhat from the attention. The ever-present sunglasses led some people to assume that the stationary performer was blind. His black clothes and the desperation in his songs emanated the image of mystery and introversion. His dark and brooding persona, combined with his tremulous voice in lovelorn ballads marketed to teenagers, made Orbison a star in the early 1960s. His string of top-40 hits continued with ""In Dreams"" (US number seven, UK number six), ""Falling"" (US number 22, UK number 9), and ""Mean Woman Blues"" (US number five, UK number three) coupled with ""Blue Bayou"" (US number 29, UK number three)."
"was sampled for the title song of the Bollywood movie ""Dil Deke Dekho"". Sugartime ""Sugartime"" is a popular song written by Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols and published in 1957. The biggest hit version was by the McGuire Sisters, whose recording of it topped the Most Played Jockey chart in February 1958. It was also the second #1 Billboard single for the trio after 1954's ""Sincerely."" The song refers to the Jimmie Rodgers song ""Honeycomb"", which had been recorded a few months earlier in 1957. A version of the song by Johnny Cash, culled from his Sun Records catalogue, briefly"
"she recorded the song, ""Time"", from the film, ""Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry"", which she sang during her appearance the same year on the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club show. She married advertising executive Nicolas Teller, February 1965. She now lives in Eastbourne with second husband Nick Leigh, a theatre director. Susan Maughan Susan Maughan (born Marian Maughan, 1 July 1938,) is an English singer who released successful singles in the 1960s. Her most famous and successful song, ""Bobby's Girl"" (a cover of the Marcie Blane single), reached number three in the UK Singles Chart at Christmas time in 1962. It"
"UK Singles Chart began on 31 October 1959 and lasted 17 weeks. The last chart-topper of the 1950s, it retained the number one position for the first three weeks of 1960 until it was replaced by Michael Holliday's 'Starry Eyed' on 29 January 1960. The 1945 film ""Nob Hill"", starring George Raft, Joan Bennett and Peggy Ann Garner, featured Vivian Blaine singing this song. The 1950 film ""Wabash Avanue"", starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Phil Harris, had used the chorus as a transition between scenes, following ""I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River"" In 1960, Danish rock singer"
"Award nominations, including two for Sinatra and one for arranger Billy Strange. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. She appeared on TV in high boots, and with colorfully dressed go-go dancers, a craze during the late '60s, and created a popular and enduring image of the Swinging Sixties. A run of chart singles followed, including the two 1966 Top 10 hits ""How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?"" (U.S. No.7) and ""Sugar Town"" (U.S. No.5). ""Sugar Town"" became her second million-seller. The ballad ""Somethin' Stupid""—a duet with her father—hit No. 1 in the U.S. and"
"Somebody Help Me ""Somebody Help Me"" is a single by The Spencer Davis Group, which was released in 1966. It became a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart. It remained at the UK chart summit for two weeks in April 1966. Like ""Keep on Running"", it was composed by Jackie Edwards. The Everly Brothers also released a version on their album ""Two Yanks in England"", released in mid 1966. It was used as the theme tune to the 1960s-era hospital-based ITV drama series The Royal, which ran from 2003 to 2011, and its short-lived spin-off The Royal Today, which"
"first aired in 2008. Somebody Help Me ""Somebody Help Me"" is a single by The Spencer Davis Group, which was released in 1966. It became a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart. It remained at the UK chart summit for two weeks in April 1966. Like ""Keep on Running"", it was composed by Jackie Edwards. The Everly Brothers also released a version on their album ""Two Yanks in England"", released in mid 1966. It was used as the theme tune to the 1960s-era hospital-based ITV drama series The Royal, which ran from 2003 to 2011, and its short-lived spin-off"
"Dave & Sugar Dave & Sugar was a pop-styled country music trio which enjoyed its peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. The trio consisted of lead singer Dave Rowland and initially on backing vocals, Vicki Hackeman and Jackie Frantz. Over time, the female members (""Sugar"") of the group changed: Frantz was replaced by Sue Powell in 1977, who in turn was replaced by Jamie Kaye in 1980, while Hackeman was replaced by Melissa Dean (Etta Britt) in January 1979. Overall, Dave & Sugar charted 16 times on the ""Billboard"" country charts, including three No. 1 hits: ""The Door Is"
"Sugar (Stanley Turrentine album) Sugar is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, his first recorded for the CTI Records label following his long association with Blue Note, featuring performances by Turrentine with Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Ron Carter, and Billy Kaye with Lonnie Liston Smith added on the title track and Butch Cornell and Richard ""Pablo"" Landrum on the other two tracks on the original release. The CD rerelease added a live version of the title track recorded at the Hollywood Palladium in 1971. The album is one of Turrentines best received and was greeted with universal acclaim on"
"There's a Someone"", the first of eleven of Knight's songs he would cover. Frank Sinatra recorded a handful of Knight tunes, including . Knight also wrote psychedelic music for the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band in the late 1960s. In 1971, he teamed with producer Jimmy Bowen and singers Kim Carnes and Mike Settle to create the bubblegum pop studio group The Sugar Bears. An album, ""Presenting the Sugar Bears"", and three singles were released with one song, Knight's ""You Are The One"", reaching #51 on the ""Billboard"" charts. Knight turned to country music in the 1970s, writing songs"
"UK and three million copies globally. With three more songs, ""Sugar Baby Love"" was recorded for Polydor in October 1973 at Landsdown Studios in Holland Park, London, by a group of session musicians featuring the distinctive falsetto and lead vocals of Paul Da Vinci (born: Paul Leonard Prewer). However, Da Vinci did not join the others to become a member of the band put together by John Richardson, and instead pursued solo work, having signed a contract with Penny Farthing Records. ""Sugar Baby Love"" was their only UK No. 1 and sole US Top 40 entry. In November 1974 ""NME"""