He appeared as a young boy on local television on Morris B. Sach's Amateur Hour singing and playing the accordion.

He sang his hit record "Were Wolf" on disc-jockey Jim Lounsbury's TV show in Chicago.

[3] He worked for the Willard Alexander Booking Agency with agent Herb Gronauer, who now promotes celebrities in Palm Springs, California.

The Centuries consisted of Nick Fortuna, Curtis Bachman, Carl Giammarese and Jerry Elarde.

Carl's discussion with Cooper led to The Pulsations entering and winning a competition to appear for 13 weeks on The All-Time Hits, Chicago's first locally produced TV program broadcast in color, featuring a variety of musical guests.

Jim Holvay of the local Chicago group The Mob was the composer of "Kind of a Drag".