Complex sentence: Raleigh first performed with the Michael Stanley Band when they toured behind their 1978 album "Cabin Fever" and on his first recording with the band: "Greatest Hints" in 1978 he emerged as-in tandem with Stanley himself-its principle singer and songwriter.
Split into simpler sentences: Raleigh first performed with the Michael Stanley Band when they toured behind their 1978 album "Cabin Fever". His first recording with the band was "Greatest Hints" in 1978, on which he emerged--in tandem with Stanley--as their principal singer and songwriter.