After spending a brief stint with the EPBL which garnered him a try-out with the Detroit Pistons, he was selected in the sixth round of the 1968 NBA draft as their #57 pick.
Harper played on the Orangemen squad as a starter from 1966 to 1968, as a sophomore he started in all but three games for Syracuse in the NCAA East Region tourney.
[4] In 1967 the starting five, George Hicker, Rick Dean, Steve Ludd, Ritchie Cornwall and Harper were 19–2 and ranked 8th in the nation before losing four of the last five games of the season.
With a deep, mellifluous voice, listeners said Harper sounded romantic, eliciting a peaceful respite at the end of the day.
[10] In 1979 along with his co-horts Ken Webb, Johnny Allen, and Frankie Crocker, WBLS reached #1 in the Billboard Radio rankings as rated by Arbitron.
[12] In 2008, Harper lent his voice to Grand Theft Auto IV, as himself, a DJ on one of the in-game radio stations, The Vibe 98.8.