Complex sentence: In 1993 he put together his own trio, hit the studio to record the old Focus hit "Hocus Pocus" which rocketed into the Billboard Top 5 and outpaced all other singles as the most frequently played rock song of the year.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1993 he put together his own trio, and hit the studio to record the old Focus hit "Hocus Pocus". It rocketed into the Billboard Top 5 and outpaced all other singles as the most frequently played rock song of the year.