 Hugh was hired to sing backup vocals on that album and subsequently signed to RCA Records as singer-songwriter in 1987.He broke into the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1989 with three singles from his album "Blind to Reason" (RCA Records, 1988).In 1988 "Talk It Over", a song written by Sandy Linzer and Irwin Levine that Hugh arranged, reached the Top 20.