Growing up he was obsessed with Isaac Hayes' hit song "Theme from Shaft".
A percussionist from the age of twenty he played in bands who supported acts such as The Supremes, The Stylistics, Natalie Cole and Crown Heights Affair.
Apparently a remark by a Dutch disk jockey gave him the encouragement to record his version of "Theme from Shaft".
Credited to Eddy Conard & The American Dance Band, it charted for five weeks in the Netherlands.
[10][11] On the week of January 26, 1985, the 12" Hot Pursuit Mix version which was issued on Break 308467[12][13] made its debut in at no.
[17][18] On the week of March 9, 1985, the "Hot Persuit Mix" version of the song had dropped down from no.
Produced by Jacques Zwart and Albert Boekholt, it was released in the UK on Club JABX 19 in 1985.
In the November 2 issue of Music Week, James Hamilton referred to it as an "oddball Eurodisco instrumental medley of originally Norman Whitfield-produced Temptations/Edwin Starr oldies with unpredictable appeal".