Sugar Cane was a Eurodisco group with Latin disco and Caribbean musical style.
They found greater success with their version of the Bobby Bloom hit "Montego Bay" which is what the group is more likely to be remembered for.
[7] In an interview for the Record Collector magazine, Thompson said that frank Farian had put the group together.
At the audtion she met a girl who turned out to be the niece of the legendary Jamaican producer, Leonard Chin.
[9][10] The group had good success with "Montego Bay" and followed up with their Caribbean-disco version of the Loggins and Messina song "Valhevala".
He said that in some ways it was an improvement on Bobby Bloom's 1970 hit and it was nice to hear men and women sharing vocals for a change.
Other acts to appear on that same episode included Third World with "Now That We've Found Love", Lindisfarne with "Juke Box Gypsy" and Frankie Miller with "Darlin’".
[38][39][40] Backed with the Geoff Bastow, Keith Forsey, Pete Bellotte composition "Too Bad It Ain't Good",[41] it was released on Ariola AHA 533 on February 2, 1979.
Tony Jasper commented in the February 24 issue of Music Week that the Caribbean disco number with its light and bright feel with the vocals and instrumentation, it should do well on afternoon programs and there could be a brief chart outing.
[44] It was reported by Music Week that "Valhevala" was added to the playlist of Radio Victory in Portsmouth.
It was reported in the February 24, 1979 issue of Music Week that it was a hit pick on Radio Forth in Edinburgh,[46] Swansea Sound in Swansea, BBC Scotland[47] The record had been released in Australia that month on RCA Victor 103247.
[49] Linda Taylor would become a member of the disco group Gonzales, [50] and record as a solo artist having hits with "You and Me Just Started"[51] and "Every Waking Hour".