[5][6][7] I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore (Mou Daremo Aisanai) (もう誰も愛さない) featuring Billie Hughes "Welcome to the Edge" ("Todokanu Omoi") began rebroadcasting on TVK (Television Kanagawa) in the Greater Tokyo Area, on October 8, 2019.
The ACCents performed for civic clubs, events including the Purple and White alumni parties over the state, the ACC chapel, and toured youth fellowships sponsored by Churches of Christ in Dallas, Jackson, Mississippi; Macon, Georgia; and Jacksonville, Gainesville, Tampa and Hialeah, Florida.
In contemporizing their repertoire, he remarked "It's music that belongs to the set of today instead of the set of 10 to 20 years ago"[13][14] He played violin in the ACC Orchestra tour of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, December 8–14, 1968 and in the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra accompaniment for the homecoming musical "Oklahoma!".
The group consisted of Hughes, arranger, tenor vocalist and classical guitarist, Mike Haynes and Kay Ross on vocals, Carl Keesee on bass, and Marshal Locke on drums.
[16] The Blue Sky Investment held performances at Abilene Christian College, the University of Oklahoma, and for private engagements.
Hughes composed original arrangements of songs from the Beatles repertoire for Blue Sky Investment performances opening a series of shows by ACC talent on April 4, 1968.
Hughes was the first recording artist signed by the Canadian affiliate of CBS to receive a guaranteed American release and full tour support.
[34][35] Hughes shared his intention of setting up his residence in Canada and applying for Canadian citizenship and spoke of his plans to record in Los Angeles in the following months.
[36][37][38] In Toronto, Hughes met and recorded background vocals for Anne Murray on the title track of her "Let's Keep It That Way" album in 1978.
Hughes and Seeman returned to Japan, developing their relationship with FujiPacific Music and repertoire of recordings by Japanese artists, Wink[55][56] and Yoshimi Iwasaki, produced by Bobby Watson of Rufus, among them.
[59][60][61] In 1990, Hughes wrote "Welcome to the Edge" with Roxanne Seeman and Dominic Messinger, for the daytime TV drama Santa Barbara.
[62][63][64] In 1991, a new arrangement of Hughes' "Welcome to the Edge", produced with Roxanne Seeman, appeared as a theme song in the hit Japanese TV drama I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore (Mou Daremo Aisanai) (もう誰も愛さない) "Welcome To The Edge" (with the Japanese title "Todokanu Omoi"とどかぬ想い (One-Sided Love)) was the single and title track from the album released by Pony Canyon Japan.
[62][63][64][65] In March 1992, Hughes performed "Welcome to the Edge" (with the Japanese title "Todokanu Omoi"とどかぬ想い (One-Sided Love)) at the NHK nationally televised Japanese Grand Prix Awards[66] and received the award for "#1 International Single of the Year" alongside MC Hammer performing "U Can't Touch This" in the same category.
[67] In September 2004, the first-ever pop concert staged on the Great Wall of China took place outside of Beijing with Alicia Keys headlining.
Hughes and Seeman's song "Walking on the Chinese Wall" by Philip Bailey produced by Phil Collins was the finale of the event.
[69] During the next four years, Hughes toured the United States, Canada and Japan performing as an artist and travelled to Japan, Canada and Italy to record and produce various projects including his own hit single "Martin Eden" (CBS motion picture theme song) which charted top 5 all over Europe.
[66] Hughes wrote the song "Martin Eden" with Italian composers Ruggero Cini and Dario Farina.
[70] It was written from the composer's theme from the Martin Eden 1979 TV mini-series based on the Jack London novel, directed by Giacomo Battiato.