Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love

Bop-Shoo-Waddy Bop-Shoo-Waddy-Waddy.

They don't make 'em like this anymore - take a look at the band choreography on this! Yet another studio concoction recorded by session musicians, the fantastic lead vocal on this was by a guy who went by the name of Paul Da Vinci (GP crossover alert: Paul was also responsible for most of the vocals on Tight Fit's 'Back to the Sixties Part 2'). He, however, decided not to become part of the band that was put together after the song charted and so it's mimed here by his replacement Alan Williams. This is allegedly the most popular recording by a British group in France... 

Bop-Shoo-Waddy Bop-Shoo-Waddy-Waddy

Bonus Clips: The exceedingly similar sounding follow-up to 'Sugar Baby Love' was 'Tonight' which reached No. 12 in 1974. This one does have Alan Williams on lead vocals...

... Paul Da Vinci also had a few solo singles. Here's one from 1974 (with an allegedly live lead vocal)...

...  and finally, 'Back to the Sixties Part 2' from Tight Fit

No comments:

Post a Comment