Moore's admitted principal musical influences were Oscar Peterson and Erroll Garner. In an interview he recalled the day he finally mastered Garner's unique left-hand strum and was so excited that he walked around for several days with his left hand constantly playing that cadence. His early recordings included "My Blue Heaven", "Lysie Does It", "Poova Nova", "Take Your Time", "Indiana", "Sooz Blooz", "Baubles, Bangles & Beads", "Sad One for George" and "Autumn Leaves". The trio performed regularly on British television, made numerous recordings and had a long-running residency at Peter Cook's London nightclub, the Establishment. Amongst other albums, they recorded "The Dudley Moore Trio", "Dudley Moore plays The Theme from Beyond the Fringe and All That Jazz", "The World of Dudley Moore", "The Other Side Of Dudley Moore" and "Genuine Dud". Moore was a close friend of record producer Chris Gunning and played piano (uncredited) on the 1969 single "Broken Hearted Pirates" which Gunning produced for Simon Dupree and the Big Sound. In 1976 he played piano on Larry Norman's album "In Another Land", in particular on the song "The Sun Began to Rain". In 1981 he recorded "Smilin' Through" with Cleo Laine. He composed the soundtracks for the films "Bedazzled" (1967), "30 is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia" (1968), "Inadmissible Evidence" (1968), "Staircase" (1969), "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1978) and "Six Weeks" (1982), among others. In the late 1970s Moore moved to Hollywood, where he had a supporting role in the hit film "Foul Play" (1978) with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. The following year saw his breakout role in Blake Edwards's "10", which became one of the biggest box-office hits of 1979 and gave him an unprecedented status as a romantic leading man. Moore followed up with the comedy film "Wholly Moses!", which was not a major success. In 1981 Moore appeared in the title role of the comedy "Arthur", an even bigger hit than "10". Co-starring Liza Minnelli and Sir John Gielgud, it was both commercially and critically successful, Moore receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, whilst Gielgud won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Arthur's stern but compassionate manservant.