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Rubettes, The

Real Name:John Richardson, Alan Williams, Pete Arnesen, Mick Clarke, Bill Hurd, Tony Thorpe
Profile:In 1973, Wayne Bickerton, then head of A&R at Polydor Records, wrote four songs in an "American 50's type" sound with co-writer Tony Waddington. A group of session musicians and singers were gathered in a London studio and recorded a demo of these tracks. Three of the session musicians were then asked to form the beginnings of a band, and with that John Richardson, Alan Williams and Pete Arnesen were the start of The Rubettes. John got some musician friends to round out the group, with Mick Clarke, Bill Hurd and Tony Thorpe making the original group of six.

Pete Arnesen, the only American of the group, was the first to part ways. Later, Bill Hurd chose to pursue a solo career, cutting the band to four. Tony Thorp left the band in 1979, and the final three continued to make music together.

In 1982, the band re-formed to tour on the wave of nostalgia. This time, Alan Williams and Mick Clarke were joined by Bill Hurd and Alex Bines, once Hurd's Milkman, completed the revised line up on drums. Mick Clarke was replaced by Steve Kinch 1987-1991 and Trevor Holliday 1991-1993. c.1992: the line up was Alex Bines, Alan Williams, Trevor Holliday and Bill Hurd.

In 1999, the re-formed line up split again, forming two "competing" Rubettes groups, one lead by Bill Hurd and the other by Alan Williams. This resulted in two separate entities, who took distinct names following a court order, making The Rubettes featuring Bill Hurd and The Rubettes feat. Alan Williams. William's group consists of Alan Williams, John Richardson, Mick Clarke, and Mark Haley.

Sidenotes:
Of the Original Rubettes line-up only John Richardson, Alan Williams and Pete Arnesen participated in the recording of "Sugar Baby Love" with the falsetto lead vocal performed by Paul Da Vinci (legal name: Paul Prewer). With contractual obligations preventing Prewer from joining the band when it was formed, he never toured with the original band. He later featured with Hurd, Bines and the rest in this Rubettes formation from 2000 until 2006, when he left for personal reasons and is replaced by George Bird.

The band name was born from the interest in jewel-based names like "Diamonds," and one of Thorpe's girlfriends owned a purplish-red colored Mini which she affectionately called "Ruby."
URLs:http://www.rubettes.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubettes
http://www.therubettes.de/english/index.html
http://www.rubettesfeaturingbillhurd.com
Members:Alan Williams, John Richardson, Mick Clarke
Name Variations: All | Rubettes, The | Les Rubettes | Rubbettes, The | Rubettes
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Releases:
Juke Box Jive (7")   Polydor 1974
Juke Box Jive (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Polydor 1974
Sugar Baby Love (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Polydor ... 1974
Sugar Baby Love ◄ (6 versions)   Polydor 1974
Tonight (Single) ◄ (4 versions)   Polydor 1974
Wear It's 'At (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Polydor ... 1974
Foe-Dee-O-Dee (Single) ◄ (4 versions)   State Records (3) ... 1975
I Can Do It (Single) ◄ (5 versions)   State Records (3) ... 1975
I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do / I Can Do It (LP, Clu)   Polydor 1975
Juke Box Jive (7")   Pepita 1975
Little Darling (7", Single)   State Records (3) 1975
Little Darling / Miss Goodie Two Shoes (7", Single)   State Records (3) 1975
Rubettes (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   State Records (3) ... 1975
We Can Do It (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Polydor ... 1975
Julia / Dancing In The Rain (7")   Polydor 1976
Sign Of The Times (LP, Album)   State Records (3) 1976
Under One Roof / Sign Of The Times (7")   State Records (3) 1976
You're The Reason Why (7")   State Records (3) 1976
You're The Reason Why / I Think I'm In Love (7")   State Records (3) 1976
Baby I Know (7")   State Records (3) 1977
Baby I Know / Dancing In The Rain (7")   State Records (3) 1977
Chérie Amour (7")   Polydor 1977
Come On Over / Cherie Amour (7")   Polydor 1977
Ladies Of Laredo (7", Single)   State Records (3), State Records (3) 1977
Sometime In Oldchurch (LP)   Polydor 1977
Little 69 / No No Cherie (7")   Polydor 1978
Still Unwinding (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Polydor 1978
Lola (7")   Polydor 1979
Sugar Baby Love (12")   Polydor 1987
Megamix (CD, P/Mixed)   Atoll Music 1989
In Gold (LP)   Polydor  
The Best Of (LP, Comp)   Polydor  
Tracks Appear On:
16 Original Top Hits (LP, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Polydor 1974
20 Solid Gold Hits Volume 9 (LP) Tonight Music For Leisure 1974
20 Top Speed Hits (LP) Sugar Baby Love Arcade 1974
Greatest Hits Vol. 6 (LP) Sugar Baby Love Polydor 1974
Greatest Hits Vol. 7 (12") Tonight Polydor 1974
K-Tel's Music Power (LP) Tonight K-Tel International (Holland) B.V. 1974
Music Explosion (LP, Comp) Sugar Baby Love K-Tel 1974
Music Power (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Sugar Baby Love K-Tel International GmbH 1974
20 Blazing Bullets (LP, Comp) Foe-Dee-O-Dee Ronco 1975
20 Original Top Hits (LP, Comp) I Can Do It Polydor 1975
20 Polystar Hits (LP, Comp) Foe-Dee-Oh-Dee Polystar Records 1975
20 Solid Gold Hits Volume 11 (LP) I Can Do It Music For Leisure 1975
20 Spitzenreiter 75/76 (LP) I Can Do It Polydor 1975
Dance, Sing Or Anything (Vinyl, Comp) Juke Box Jive Ronco 1975
Disco Mania (LP) Foo Dee Oh Dee K-Tel (Holland) B.V. 1975
Greatest Hits 8 (LP, Comp) Jukebox Jive Polydor 1975
K-Tel's Pop Music (LP) I Can Do It K-Tel International (Holland) B.V. 1975
Pop Market 1 (LP, Comp) Juke Box Jive Polydor 1975
Power Hits (LP, Comp) Juke Box Five, Tonight K-Tel International GmbH 1975
Super Dance Party 2 (12") Juke Box Jive Polydor 1975
Super Dance Party 3 (LP, Comp) I Can Do It Polydor 1975
20 Original Top Hits (LP) You're The Reason Why,... Polystar Records 1976
20 Original Top Hits (Vinyl, Comp) Little Darling Polystar 1976
20 Original Top Hits 1/76 (LP, Smplr) Little Darling Polydor 1976
20 Original Top Hits '77 (LP, Comp) Baby I Know Polystar Records 1977
Original Rocking Hits - From The Film "Side By Side" (LP, Comp) I Can Do It Pickwick 1977
Extra Extra (LP) Baby I Know AMIGA 1978
Golden Greats (2xLP, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Polydor 1978
High Life - 20 Original Top Hits (LP, Comp) Little 69 Polystar Records 1978
Viaje Com A Excelsior - A Máquina Do Som - Volume 7 (LP) Cherie Amour Som Livre 1978
The Sensational 70's (10xLP, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Reader's Digest 1981
November 84 - The Mixes (12") Sugar Baby Love DMC 1984
Remember The 70's - Volume 1 (2xLP) Sugar Baby Love Arcade 1984
Remember The 70's Volume 2 (2xLP) Jukebox Jive Arcade 1984
Golden Club Oldies Vol.1 (2xLP) Sugar Baby Love Elap Music 1986
25 Jaar Tophits (6xCD) Jukebox Jive Reader's Digest 1988
Star Gala - 20 Jahre Superhits (CD) Sugar Baby Love LaserLight Digital 1988
Young Collection 1 (CD) Juke Box Jive Ariola Express 1988
25 Jaar Top 40 Hits - Deel 3 - 1973-1976 ◄ (2 versions) Sugar Baby Love Edison 1989
30 Years Of Number Ones, Vol. 7 (CD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Connoisseur Collection 1989
Boulevard Des Hits Volume 9 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Megamix CBS 1989
Hits Of The Years 1960 - 1975 Volume 4 (CD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love, Juke ... Object Enterprises 1989
Ohrwürmer (Präsentiert Von Helmut Rademacher) (2xCD) Under One Roof Polyphon 1989
Glam Crazee! - 20 Original Glam Rock Hits (CD, Comp) I Can Do It Virgin 1990
25 Years / Hits Vol. 3 (+ 3 Bonus Tracks) (2xCD, Comp) Juke Box Jive Neon (3) 1991
Dance Club Volume 2 (LP, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Sony Music Entertainment (Italy) S.p.a., Columbia 1991
De Pre Historie 1974 (CD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love BMG Ariola Belgium NV/SA 1991
Hits Of 73 + 74 (CD, Album, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Polydor 1992
Hits Of 75 + 76 (CD, Album, Comp) I Can Do It Polydor 1992
It's The Sensational 70s (CD, Comp) Suger Baby Love, Juke ... Music Club 1992
The Best Of 1970 - 1980 Vol. 2 (2xCD) Sugar Baby Love EMI Electrola 1992
Blockbuster (CD) Sugar Baby Love Music Collection International (MCI) 1993
Pop Hits - Volume Two (CD) Sugar Baby Love Fat Boy Records (2) 1993
Sounds Of The Seventies - AM Nuggets (CD) Sugar Baby Love Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1993
The Race Is On (2xCD) Juke Box Jive Columbia 1993
Hitstory Of The 70's (2xCD) Sugar Baby Love EVA 1994
Pure Pop (CD, Comp) Tonight Fat Boy Records (2) 1994
The Sensational 70s Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Sounds Direct 1994
World Hits 1976 (CD, Comp) You're The Reason Why Spectrum Music (2) 1994
World Hits 1977 (CD, Comp) Baby I Know Spectrum Music (2) 1994
25 Oldies Best Vol. 4 (CD, Comp) Tonight Selected Sound Carrier AG 1995
25 Rolling Oldies Vol. 3 (CD, Comp) I Can Do It Selected Sound Carrier AG 1995
25 Rolling Oldies Vol. 4 (CD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Selected Sound Carrier AG 1995
40 Golden Oldies - Volume 10 (2xCD) Juke Box Jive, Let's B... Selected Sound Carrier AG 1995
La Fievre Du Disco Au Zénith (2xCD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love, Juke ... WEA Records (France) 1995
Music From And Inspired By The Film 'Muriel's Wedding' (CD, Album) Sugar Baby Love Polydor 1995
Top 100 Summer Hits (4xCD, Comp) I Can Do It Arcade 1995
Der "Alte Ami" Rik DeLisle Präsentiert: Das Große Super-Oldies-Paket (4xCD) Juke Box Jive, Sugar B... Selected Sound Carrier AG, Selected Sound Carrier AG, Selected Sound Carrier AG, Selected Sound Carrier AG 1996
Glitter 'N' Glitz Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) Juke Box Jive Sounds Direct 1996
Glitter 'N' Glitz Volume 2 (2xCD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Sounds Direct 1996
La Légende Des Tubes Volume 3 (CD) Sugar Baby Love PolyGram - Kiosks 1996
Popcorn (Cass) Sugar Baby Love PolyGram 1996
100+1 Wereld Hits Deel 4 (CD) Sugar Baby Love PolyGram Special Projects 1997
Dance Mania (3xCD, Comp) Tonight, Jukebox Jive Temptation (2) 1997
De Pre Historie - De Jaren 70 Volume 2 (Box + 10xCD, Comp) Tonight, Juke Box Jive EVA Belgium 1997
De Pre Historie 1974 Volume 2 (CD) Tonight EVA Belgium 1997
De Pre Historie 1975 Volume 2 (CD) Juke Box Jive EVA Belgium 1997
Selection Of The 70s (2xCD, Comp) Tonight, Sugar Baby Lo... De Luxe 1997
Super Hits - 72 Famous Songs (4xCD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Weton-Wesgram 1997
Super Oldies Collection - 25 Original Hits (CD) Sugar Baby Love Weton-Wesgram 1997
The Ultimate History Of Rock 'N' Roll Collection (10xCD, Comp + Box) Sugar Baby Love K-Tel International (USA), Inc. 1997
Disco Dance (CD) I Can Do It Weton-Wesgram 1998
La Mejor Colección Pop De La Historia - Vol. 13 (CD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Multimagen 1998
Best Of The 70's (4xCD, Comp + Box) Tonight, Jukebox Jive,... Weton-Wesgram, Weton-Wesgram, Weton-Wesgram, Weton-Wesgram, Weton-Wesgram 1999
Bestseller Auf Dem Plattenteller (73 - 77) (2xCD) Sugar Baby Love Universal Music (Switzerland) 1999
Glam & Glitter (2xCD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love PolyGram TV, Universal TV 1999
Gold Of The 70 And 80 (2xCD) Sugar Baby Love Spektrum (2) 1999
Music Of The Year: 1977 (CD) Baby I Know Spectrum Music (2) 1999
Pop History (CD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Brunswick News, Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH 1999
Tiger Hits CD 2 (CD, Comp) I Can Do It Ariola Express 1999
Ballermann - Die Mallorca-Hits 2000 (2xCD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Warner Special Marketing GmbH 2000
De Grootste Rock & Roll Hits Aller Tijden (3xCD) Juke Box Jive Magic Productions 2000
Disco Fever Volume 1 (CD) I Can Do It Musicbank Records Ltd. 2000
Pop-Hits 1970-75 (CD) Sugar Baby Love Universal Music (Norway) 2000
Simply The Best Of The 70's (4xCD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love BMG UK & Ireland, BMG Direct 2000
100 No. 1 Hits (5xCD) Sugar Baby Love Universal TV 2001
Glam Greats 2 (CD) Juke Box Jive Crimson 2001
Best Of De Pre Historie '70 (2xCD) Sugar Baby Love EVA Belgium 2002
Disco Days Vol. 3 - Le Dive Della Disco (CD) Sugar Baby Love La Repubblica 2002
The Greatest 50 Pophits (Box + 3xCD) Juke Box Jive Eurotrend 2002
Foute CD Van Deckers En Ornelis - Volume 2 (2xCD) Sugar Baby Love ARS Productions 2003
FriendsReunited.co.uk '70s Party (3xCD, Comp + Box) Sugar Baby Love Universal Music TV, Universal Music TV, Universal Music TV, Universal Music TV, Universal Music TV 2003
Das Beste Aus Disco (DVD, Smplr, PAL, Copy Prot.) Sugar Baby Love, Juke ... Polystar Records 2004
Disco Legends (12xCD, Comp + Box) Juke Box Jive, I Can D... Musicbank Records Ltd. 2004
Disco Legends - Boogie Nights (CD, Comp) Juke Box Jive Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd. 2004
Disco Legends - Celebration (CD, Comp) I Can Do It Musicbank Records Ltd. 2004
Disco Legends - Rock Your Baby (CD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Musicbank Records Ltd. 2004
Sixties & Seventies Legends (12xCD, Comp, RE + Box) Sugar Baby Love, Juke ... Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd., Musicbank Records Ltd. 2004
100% Hits Der 70iger (CD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Planet Song 2006
Commercial Collection 288 (2xCD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love DMC 2007
Rock & Pop Total Der 70er Und 80er Jahre (DVD-V, Comp, PAL, Met) Sugar Baby Love Horgi Music 2007
The Best Hits 100 Super 70's (5xCD, Comp, Box) Sugar Baby Love Universal Music K.K. 2008
20 Top Speed Hits (LP, Comp) I Can Do It Arcade Deutschland GmbH  
25 Years / Hits (+ 5 Bonus Tracks) (2xCD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Neon (3)  
32 Golden Hits Of The 70's (2xLP) Jukebox Jive, Sugar Ba... BR Music  
All Time Hit Mix - Volume 1 ◄ (2 versions) I Can Do It Wave Warrior  
Dance Party Hits (CD, Comp) Jukebox Jive Starlife  
Das Waren Schlager 1974 (LP) Sugar Baby Love Polydor  
Die Deutsche Hitparade 1975 (CD, Comp) Juke Box Jive Spectrum Music (2)  
Feuerwerk Der Heissen Hits (LP, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Polydor  
Golden Hits Forever (LP, Comp) Juke Box Jive Capriole, Capriole  
High Life - 20 Original Top Hits (LP, Comp) Ooh-La-La Polystar Records  
Hit Explosion (LP, Comp) Baby I Know Polydor  
Hit Memories 1966-1976 (3xLP, Comp) Sugar Baby Love, Jukeb... BR Music  
Hitfabrik (Vinyl, Comp) Juke Box Jive, Sugar ... Polydor  
Hits Zum Kuscheln (CD, Comp, RM) Sugar Baby Love Eurotrend  
Jahrtausend Hits - Love Songs (CD, Comp) Sugar Baby Love Euro Trend  
Let's Have A Party - CD1 (CD) Sugar Baby Love It's Music  
Let's Have A Party - CD2 (CD) Tonight It's Music  
Pleasure 2000 - Volume 001: Summerhits (CD) Sugar Baby Love Sondock Media Network  
U.K.Greats (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Sugar Baby Love Polydor  
Unofficial Releases:
Best Of... Vol. 8 (12", Comp, Ltd, Maxi, Promo) Sugar Baby Love D.J. Mix Club  
DJ Maxi Single 208 (12", Comp, Ltd, Maxi, Promo) Mega Mix D.J. Mix Club  
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