Originally named Dean Ford and the Gaylords, the band were formed in Scotland in 1963. They moved to London when they were offered a Management deal with by Peter Walsh of Starlite Artistes, the same Management as Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, The Bay City Rollers, Love Affair and The Troggs plus many others…

In 1967 the band signed to CBS and changed their name to Marmalade.

After four single releases, none of them breaking into the charts, their breakthrough finally came with a cover of US band The Grassroots' Lovin' Things. On the flip side they did a cover of Hey Joe. Having achieved a hit formula they stuck to it with Wait For Me Mary-Anne and a cover of the Beatles’ Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, which took them to No 1.

As the first Scottish group to ever top the British charts, the week it went to the top spot, they celebrated by appearing on Top Of The Pops, dressed in kilts.

Their next single Baby Make It Soon gave them another Top 10 hit.

In November 1969 they signed a new contract with Decca, which gave them complete freedom to write, arrange, produce and record whatever material they wanted free from record company interference - something they'd never enjoyed with CBS. The first result of this new arrangement was Reflections Of My Life. The single was a success climbing to No. 3 in the UK and No. 10 in the US. A new album followed called Reflections of The Marmalade.

Rainbow and My Little One gave them further UK hits followed by their third album Songs

After changes in the band’s line-up a number of hits followed including Cousin Norman, Back On The Road and Radancer.

The band have continued to tour the world featuring Sandy Newman, Graham Night, Alan Holmes and Glenn James Taylor.