In March 1974, based on their Television success on Opportunity Knocks, the band released a single called “Billy Don’t Be A Hero” which spent three weeks at number 1 and a total of 14 weeks in the UK singles charts. It was followed by “The Night Chicago Died”, which reached Number 3 and spent 11 weeks in the UK singles charts and reached number 1 in the American charts. A third  release, which was called “The Black-Eyed Boys”, took Paper Lace to number 11 in late 1974 and number 37 in the American charts. The original band line-up covering Opportunity Knocks and the three hit single releases consisted of Philip Wright on drums/lead vocals, Mick Vaughan on lead and rhythm guitar, Cliff Fish on bass guitar and Chris Morris on guitar and vocals.