in 1973, after milsap's acceptance of the offer, collins produced a single consisting of "(all together now) let's fall apart" on the a-side , and "i hate you" on the b-side. these songs were released on an album called "where my heart is" – milsap's first album to chart, reaching #5 on the "billboard" country charts. in 1975, collins and johnson won cma's producer of the year award for their collaboration on this recording. from this point, collins became the sole producer of scores of milsap's hits, a relationship which lasted many years. of collins, milsap said, "he knows me. he knows when to push and when to lay back". collins, partnering with charley pride, bought pi-gem song publishing. pi-gem music was sold to welk music group in 1981, after which collins formed his own company, "tom collins music, inc.". some of the top songwriters at pi-gem went with collins in his new endeavor, notably grammy-nominated writers kye fleming and dennis morgan.