[1] There, Ken Howard, manager of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, described him as "a real livewire - the person at Philips who was most on top of what was new and happening".
[2] In the early 1970s, he joined Bell Records, overseeing the establishment of the American company's independent label in the U.K.,[3][4] and achieving success in the U.K. with Tony Orlando and Dawn, David Cassidy, Gary Glitter, The Drifters, The Delfonics, Barry Blue, Showaddywaddy and Slik.
[5] He signed the Bay City Rollers to the label after seeing them performing in a club in Edinburgh, saying "I really couldn't hear what they were playing or singing.
[7] After a string of hit records with the likes of Donna Summer, The Walker Brothers, The Dooleys, Heatwave, Billy Ocean and Dana, the label was sold to CBS in 1977.
[1][7] Leahy left the label in 1981 to form a music publishing business with Bryan Morrison, former manager of the Pretty Things.