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England (1973 – present)

The Rubettes were a Pop band from England assembled in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, the then head of A&R at Polydor Records, and his co-writer, Tony Waddington after their doo-wop and 1950s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by a number of existing acts. The band emerged at the tail end of the glam rock movement, wearing trademark white suits and cloth caps on stage.

The line-up of the band was Alan Williams (born 22 December 1948); Tony Thorpe (born 20 July 1947); Bill Hurd (born 11 August 1948); Mick Clarke (born 10 August 1946), and John Richardson (born 3 May 1948). The Rubettes’ first (and biggest hit) was “Sugar Baby Love” (released in 1974) which was a UK no. 1 and going on to sell around eight million copies worldwide. The distinctive falsetto lead vocal to “Sugar Baby Love” was however performed by Paul Da Vinci (real name: Paul Prewer) who left the group after a few weeks to be replaced by Williams.

The Rubettes went on to have a number of other hits during the mid-seventies such as “Juke Box Jive” and “I Can Do It”, mostly written by the Bickerton-Waddington song-writing team. Their final hit was the ‘country rock’ styled ballad - “Baby I Know” - which reached no. 10 in the UK in 1977.

The Rubettes’ first and biggest hit was “Sugar Baby Love” (1974) which was a UK number one, going on to sell around 500,000 copies in the UK and a reported global sale of three million copies.
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  • AngelPop

    v kill yourself, i'm not old and i find The Rubettes better than the shit lately has been realeased by people without talent and with money,

    28 May 12:48am Reply

  • niezbedny

    Shit music for old people

    17 Mar 2:04pm Reply

  • lunaexoriens

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    22 Mar 2012 Reply

  • deescottmusic

    Ooh La La *lol*

    20 Oct 2011 Reply

  • w379703688

    为什么没有CHINESE呢，好像俄罗斯人不少。 喜欢他的歌

    23 Feb 2011 Reply

  • decoglitz

    I used to get up and dance to this everytime it got played at the DISCO - and sing-along as well LA HA DOWADODO ha ha more!!!!!!

    17 Nov 2010 Reply

  • SF_49er

    1st Rubettes Fan / new function "i like" for Facebook ;-)

    7 Nov 2010 Reply

  • hattoshintyan

    yes! i can do it!

    17 Oct 2010 Reply

  • sarah988

    most of their videos and photos looks like..before and after thing!!!.... yeah funny band :D

    15 Feb 2010 Reply

  • stunningboy

    FUNNY BAND

    3 Jan 2010 Reply

  • aryanrocksworld

    nice band

    20 Dec 2009 Reply

  • gabi48

    aus einer "Teenieband" wurden Vollblut-Musiker die ihren Beruf lieben, gestern live gesehen,echt toll

    1 Nov 2009 Reply

  • bescrappy

    hhah ;D <3

    14 Oct 2009 Reply

  • krk007

    mein papa hat sie geliebt :p

    21 May 2009 Reply

  • sabbelmacker

    70s >> Disco >> The Rubettes >> Tanzen >> volle Tanzflächen >> schöne Erinnerungen

    16 May 2009 Reply

  • almagal

    Tony Thorpe inspired my life... Thank you

    30 Apr 2009 Reply

  • Angel-Of-Harlem

    live echt fantastisch. wer einmal ihre trommelshow gesehen hat... Letztens hab ich sie erst wieder live gesehen und dabei ist einem von ihnen der trommel-stick abgebrochen. =) war aber trotzdem voll genial und echt lustig.

    27 Mar 2009 Reply

  • Rissacakes

    This band is so adorable.

    13 Feb 2009 Reply

  • rubettes1

    Rubettes feat ALAN Williams jeder Song ein Erlebnis Ob Sugar Baby Love, Juke Box Jive, Movin, Come on over, Life einfach SUPER!!

    3 Feb 2009 Reply

  • engel64

    tolle mucke!!!

    26 Jan 2009 Reply
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