 He moved to Nashville (Tennessee) where he began his career as a musician (he accompanied Brenda Lee on piano on a few tours) and then to Los Angeles at the end of the '70s where he began a career as a singer/songwriter.He composed a few songs for Smokey Robinson, and one of his compositions, "Pilot Error", sung by Stephanie Mills, had some success in the dance charts in 1983.At the beginning of the '80s, he founded the group Cock Robin with Anna LaCazio, Clive Wright and Lou Molino III which enjoyed great success in Western Europe mainly.