Toast and Marmalade for Tea is a song written by Australian musician Steve Groves. It was a Top 20 U.S. hit for Groves's group Tin Tin

Tin Tin (band)

Tin Tin was a pop/rock band formed in the UK in 1966, by expatriate Australian musicians.-Beginning:The band was formed by Steve Groves and Steve Kipner, who named the band after the popular belgian cartoon The Adventures of Tintin...

 in 1971.
1970: TIN TIN - Toast And Marmalade For Tea (Steve Groves) b/w Manhattan Woman (Steve Kipner / Steve Groves) (Single; Polydor 2058 023)
The song's distinct distorted piano melody was discovered accidentally when an engineer leaned on a tape machine creating the sound.

Tin Tin obtained their recording deal with the help of Maurice Gibb

Maurice Gibb

Maurice Ernest Gibb, CBE was a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born on the Isle of Man, the twin brother of Robin Gibb, and younger brother to Barry. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting trio the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers...

 of the Bee Gees

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

; Gibb produced their album and "Toast and Marmalade for Tea." The song was released on the Atco label.1970: TIN TIN - Toast And Marmalade For Tea (Steve Groves) b/w Manhattan Woman (Steve Kipner / Steve Groves) (Single; Polydor 2058 023)