In One Peace) performing his first 3 recordings at a studio in Ray Dobar's House of Music in Berkeley, California.
[1] Prior to signing up with CBS Records in 1978, Franklin worked with John Handy in San Francisco, as well as Bill Summers, Freddie Hubbard and Marlena Shaw.
It created a UK dance craze called 'The Freeze' which was started up by DJ Chris Hill.
Additional albums which were also recorded on the CBS label have included Rodney Franklin (1980), Endless Flight (1981), Learning to Love (1982), Marathon (1984) (probably his most famous in the UK, produced by bass player Stanley Clarke and the LP which released a single called Stay on in the Groove), Skydance (1985) and It Takes Two (1986).
In addition, Franklin has also produced and released an album on Nova Records called Love Dancin' in 1992.