Born in Galveston, Texas,[1] where he sang in church during childhood, he moved to Los Angeles, California as a teen and won several contests there as a singer.

After this stage in his career, he moved to the Netherlands, where he had a hit in 1983 with the song "Rock the Boat", a cover of the Hues Corporation's 1974 No.

[4] A second single, "Feel the Need in Me" (originally by the Detroit Emeralds), was a hit in the UK, reaching No.

[2] He and his wife, Manon Thomas [nl], a television presenter had two sons, but later separated, after which he began to concentrate again on music.

He was asked by DJ Roog to front the band Planet Hardsoul, who had a minor hit with their cover of "Where Did Our Love Go".