 Barrett produced several of the Chantels' records.Barrett's first single was a cover of the Fleetwoods' "Come Softly to Me", with the Chantels as backing vocalists.He recorded "Some Other Guy" in 1962, a tune modeled on Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" and was assured immortality, if not a hit single, following cover versions performed by the Beatles and other Liverpool groups of the time, including the Searchers and the Big Three.