 One of his 1950 recordings, "Happy Pay Day", written by Jack Holmes, was later rewritten by Holmes with entirely different lyrics as "The Blacksmith Blues", which became a hit for Ella Mae Morse.In 1951, his duet with Little Lora Wiggins, "I've Been Lost", reached number 10 on the R&B chart.In 1952 he moved to the Federal subsidiary of King Records.