He is best known for his romantic Beatles inspired pop songs with his bands George and Beatovens and Flamengo in the late 1960s.

He originally aspired to become an actor, until hearing the Beatles and their lively Mersey sound music and starting a band with his friends.

Afterwards, he began a solo career and his fame continued to grow, despite strict government regulations.

His career reached its peak c. 1975 with the release of his last truly successful album "Kráska a zvíře", and afterwards it led to a slow decline along with his growing alcohol problems brought his days as a popular and influential musician to a halt.

There was renewed interest in his music after the Velvet Revolution, but he was too ill to re-establish himself in popular culture.