But picked up in Belgium and used on a current affairs programme, it became a hit there, reaching number one in the Belgian singles chart.

"Mouldy Old Dough" (the title being an adaptation of the 1920s jazz phrase, "vo-de-o-do")[3] became the second biggest selling UK single of the year, behind The Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards' bagpipe version of "Amazing Grace".

As of April 2019, Hilda Woodward's piano is an exhibit at Coventry Music Museum,[8] where other artefacts belonging to the band are also on display.

It was one of the choices of Jarvis Cocker when he appeared on the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs.

The song was covered by British group Shades of Green, and featured on their first album Rockin' Poppin' Ravin', released in 1973 by Windmill Records, London (WMD 164 stereo).