After frequenting several gospel groups, he recorded a minor hit on his own in
1962, "A Loosing Battle". Recognition came in 1967 with a song conceived in the
country-soul style of the time: "Reconsider Me".
Despite a warm, expressive timbre somewhat reminiscent of Ray Charles, he failed
to break into the American charts, or to stay with his record companies
(Atlantic, Ariola). In 1992, however, he delivered a fine album, The Real Me, a
rehabilitation of the blues repertoire composed by Doc Pomus.