Employing her as both a lyricist and composer, she created many of the 1960s and 1970s hits for Mirwood Records' artists, including Jackie Lee,[1] The Olympics, Bobby Garrett, The Mirettes, The Belles[2] and Bob & Earl.
She also collaborated with the songwriter and producer, Deke Richards, on many of the above projects, which included the co-production of The Jackson Five recording two songs from the musical, Pippin: namely, "Corner of the Sky" and "Skywriter"[8] and the group Celebration, which released an album on Motown's MoWest label.
King; Barbra Streisand; Quincy Jones; Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson; Burt Bacharach; Linda Ronstadt; Cher; The Rolling Stones; Lionel Richie; Ike & Tina Turner; Bill Cosby; Paul McCartney & Wings; Ella Fitzgerald; Billy Eckstine (Senior Soul, 1972); Steppenwolf; Neil Diamond; Bob Seger; The Temptations; Humble Pie; The Beach Boys; Seals and Crofts; Richard Harris; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Dickey Betts; Bob Dylan; Chuck Girard; Elton John; and Keith Moon.
Several of the hundreds of recordings she appeared on are: "Stayin' Alive" with the Bee Gees, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" with Stevie Wonder, The "Aja" Album with Steely Dan, "The Bitch Is Back" with Elton John,[9] and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" and "I Been Workin' On You" with The Doobie Brothers, "You're No Good" with Linda Ronstadt, "Feelin' Alright" with Joe Cocker, "Sweet Home Alabama" with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
While there she sang backing vocals for Australian Crawl, John Justin, John Farnham, Joe Camilleri, Renée Geyer, Peter Blakeley, Richard Clapton, Stephen Cummings, Swanee, David Reyne, Beeb Birtles, Red Symons, Cattletruck, Paul Agar, Max Merritt, Tim Finn, Martin Armiger, One World, The Arc of Baghdad[11] and Venetta Fields' groups, Venetta's Taxi and The Gospel Jubilee and Yu-En.