"Tonight" was the second single released by

The Rubettes The Rubettes are an English pop/glam rock band put together in 1974 after the release of "Sugar Baby Love", a recording assembled of studio session musicians in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, the then head of A&R at Polydor R ...

from their debut album ''

Wear It's 'At ''Wear It's 'At'' is the debut album by English pop band The Rubettes assembled in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, then the head of A&R at Polydor Records, and his co-songwriter, Tony Waddington, after their doo-wop and 1950s ...

''. Written by

Wayne Bickerton Wayne Bickerton (born Arthur Ronald Bickerton; 11 July 1941 – 29 November 2015) was a British record producer, songwriter and music business executive. He became well known, with Tony Waddington, as writer and producer of a series of UK chart ...

and Tony Waddington and produced by Bickerton, the single reached number 12 in the UK charts. "Tonight" was one of the four demonstration recordings recorded by session musicians and singers in October 1973 which led to the formation of the Rubettes—the others being "

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 L ...

", "

Juke Box Jive "Juke Box Jive", by English band The Rubettes, was the lead single from their second album '' We Can Do It''. As with their two previous singles, it was written by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington and produced by Bick ...

" and "Sugar Candy Kisses" (which became a hit for

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Charts

Later uses

* German singer Henner Hoier released a version of the song as a single in 1974 * French singer Philippe Leroy released a French lyrics version of the song as a single in 1974, entitled "Ce Soir" * Italian group La quinta faccia released the song as a single in 1975 * Swedish dance band Curt Haagers covered the song on their 1977 album ''My Symphony'' * Belgian band Das Pop released the song as a promo single in 2000 and included it on their album ''I ♥''

References

{{The Rubettes 1974 singles The Rubettes songs Songs written by Wayne Bickerton 1974 songs Songs written by Tony Waddington (songwriter) Polydor Records singles