Rubettes, The

Discography of Rubettes, The:

	#		Release title	Dwnld	Total tracks	Type of release is	Imprint date	Label
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1		I Can Do It ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
2		Baby I Know ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1977-01-00
3		Sugar Baby Love ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974	Polydor
4		Juke Box Jive ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974	Polydor
5		Juke Box Jive ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974	Polydor
6		We Can Do It ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
7		Julia / Dancing In The Rain ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1976	Polydor
8		Chérie Amour ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1977	Polydor
9		Sugar Baby Love ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974	Polydor
10		Tonight / Silent Movie Queen ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974	Polydor
11		Sugar Baby Love ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1976	AMIGA
12		In Gold ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio		Polydor
13		Sugar Baby Love ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1987	Polydor
14		Sugar Baby Love ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1974	Polydor
15		I Can Do It / If You've Got The Time ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
16		We Can Do It ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
17		You're The Reason Why ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1976	State Records (3)
18		Wear It's 'At ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1974	Polydor
19		Baby I Know ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1977	State Records (3)
20		Sugar Baby Love ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974	Polydor
21		Tonight ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974
22		Rubettes ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
23		Wear It's 'At ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1974	Polydor
24		Foe-Dee-O-Dee ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1975-06-00	State Records (3)
25		Megamix ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio	1989	Atoll Music
26		Still Unwinding ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio	1978	Polydor
27		Wear It's 'At ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1974	Polydor
28		We Can Do It ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1975
29		Under One Roof / Sign Of The Times ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1976	State Records (3)
30		Foe Dee Oh Dee ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
31		Foe-Dee-O-Dee ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
32		Sign Of The Times ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio	1976	State Records (3)
33		Still Unwinding ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio	1978	Polydor
34		Rubettes ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1975
35		Sometime In Oldchurch ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio	1977	Polydor
36		I Can Do It ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
37		You're The Reason Why ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1976	State Records (3)
38		Rubettes ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
39		Little Darling ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1975
40		Sometime In Oldchurch ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio		Polydor
41		Megamix ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio	1989	Atoll Music
42		Sugar Baby Love / You Could Have Told Me ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974	Polydor
43		Sugar Baby Love / Juke Box Jive ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio		Polydor
44		Come On Over ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1977	Polydor
45		Wear It's 'At ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	1974	Polydor
46		Ooh La La / I Really Got To Know ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1977	State Records (3)
47		The Rubettes ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio		Балкантон
48		Sugar Baby Love ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974	Polydor
49		I Can Do It ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1975	State Records (3)
50		The Rubettes ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio	1978	Балкантон
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Biography of Rubettes, The

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 [a=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."

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