She made three albums for a major label in the 1970s, scoring gold and platinum awards for her Grammy-nominated "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady".

[8][9] Schock had intended to use her university background as a dramatist, but after moving to Los Angeles she began to perform her original compositions at local clubs.

At a songwriting workshop sponsored by ASCAP, Schock met Roger Gordon of the publishing arm of Colgems Records.

[13] Her songwriting expertise was reviewed in 1977 by Roger Cromelin of the Los Angeles Times: "Schock offers a sort of applied feminism [via] lyrics which [without] rhetoric...cut to the heart of contemporary fears and uncertainties.

Schock's solid, melodic pop music is efficient but not mechanical [with] strong choruses and assured dynamic variations.

Reddy's success alerted several other artists to the potential of Schock's compositions, which then appeared on albums by Charlene, Roberta Flack,[15] Howard Johnson, Jeannie Kendall, Abbe Lane, Manfred Mann's Earth Band,[16] Johnny Mathis,[17] and Snuff.

The song was composed during Schock's tenure as a staff writer for Motown Records publishing firm Jobete.

"[10] "First Time on a Ferris Wheel" became a signature tune for Carl Anderson, the singer of the demo played for Berry Gordy.

[10] Schock resumed her own recording career with two albums produced by Nik Venet – American Romance (1995) and Rosebud (1999).

The Adventures of Piggley Winks, and then provided music for the Henry Jaglom films Going Shopping, Hollywood Dreams (2006), and Irene in Time (2009).