 He recorded for Aladdin Records, Caddy Records, Lucky Records, Specialty Records, and Dootone Records, achieving regional success into the 1960s.In the middle of the 1960s he left active performance to become a teacher, though in the 1970s he recorded a few songs in the disco style.Later that decade and into the 1980s he returned to 1950s-style R&B, touring California clubs as well as England.