meek had leased the recording to the top rank label (now owned by emi) and by the time of leyton's final tv appearance the team had a big hit on their hands. the single went to #1 and remained at the top of the british charts for fifteen weeks, as well as charting in europe. it was this success that led stigwood into record production and management. he became leyton's personal manager as well as his agent and then began looking around for other people to join his roster.