The Sweet (former title: the Sweetshop) first was founded by singer Brian Connolly, guitarist Frank Torpey, singer and drummer Mick Tucker, and bassist Steve Priest in the late 60’s. In 1970 the group began to perform under the name the Sweet. The same time the band signed the record contract with the RCA label, which issued the Sweet’s single entitled "Funny Funny."
After a huge success of the Sweet’s debut single the band recorded and released such popular in the United Kingdom hits as "Teenage Rampage," "Little Willy," "Wig-Wam Bam," "Hell Raiser," "Ballroom Blitz," "The Six Teens," "Blockbuster," and others. Most of the Sweet’s recordings were commercially successful and made the band one of the most popular in the U.K.
In 1974 the Sweet issued its debut full-length album called Sweet Fanny Adams. The LP was recorded without help of songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who had wrote most of the group’s previous singles. The album became rather successful, but it didn’t became a real hit. It was followed by "Fox on the Run," which was the lead single of the Desolation Boulevard LP.
Strung Up, the Sweet’s next full-length, appeared in 1975 and was followed by the chart-topper "Love Is Like Oxygen" three years later, which had a great success both sides of Atlantic. Soon after its releasing Brian Connolly left the Sweet and was replaced by Gary Moberley (keyboards). The band issued several albums, which failed to charts, and the group split in 1982.
