 He was an ASCAP member from 1950.During the latter part of his career, he partnered with Fay Tishman to found what would have been one of the few black music publishing companies (Tishman went on to become president of ASCAP's New York branch).In addition he wrote and composed for artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Johnny Mathis and The Orioles, Cab Calloway, and wrote and composed soundtracks for several Louis Jordan films, one of history’s first breaking black moviemakers.