He and partner Larry Wade wrote material for Chess and its subsidiary Cadet label, including The Dells' 1972 hit "The Love We Had Stays on My Mind", as a result of which he was awarded his own recording contract with Cadet as a singer-songwriter.
Он сочинял песни для лейбла Chess и его подразделения Cadet, в том числе хит 1972 года «The Love We Had Stays on My Mind» в исполнении группы The Dells, благодаря которому он заключил контракт на выпуск собственных записей с Cadet.