He was also a member of Boones Farm in the early 1970s and later one half of the duo Dalton & Dubarri who had a hit with "I (You) Can Dance All By My (Your) Self" and "'Til the Day I Started Lovin' You".
Having remembered his days in Quincy High School and the fact that there were both white and black kids with the Sprague name, he attempted to find out more about his grandfather and family connections.
The label was supervised by independent producers Hal Winn, Joe Hooven and promoter Irwin Zucker.
[10] Sprague wrote the song, "Ace in the Hole", which was the B side for the single "Things Ain't What They Used To Be Anymore" by The Grapevine, issued on Whiz 602 in 1968.
[11][12][13] He also wrote the song, "You Care For Me" which was the B side for the single, "They Put The Last Clean Shirt On Leroy Jones Today" by Shirley, released on Whiz 610 in 1969.
[23][24] The song got to be a minor hit for the group entering the Cash Box Looking Ahead Chart at #124 just behind "Baby I'm For Real" by Esther Phillips.
[27] Even though Sprague was a good drummer, and as Bill King said in his "The Colour of Music On The Bandstand" article, his drumming was groove perfection.
Boone's Farm had made an obvious impression as their work as of early 1973 was being recorded by major artists in the pop, rock and even country and western musical genres.
[36] Released in 1979, the song became a hit and stayed on the Radio Report MS Survey Chart for four weeks from May 24 to June 14, three of them spent at #138.
[43] They also recorded another album, released in 2010, Touch which included the songs, "Where Does America Live", "Do Me Right" and "Stop in the Name of Love"[44] He wrote the musical play E.D.