Before moving to
London in the early 1960s, Flett had worked in
Sydney as a TV cameraman and in advertising. While in London, he was introduced to
Guy Fletcher in 1965 by
Shadows drummer
Tony Meehan through a phone call, and the two met up. Since then, the duo wrote many songs for a wide number of artists including
Elvis Presley,
Ray Charles,
Cliff Richard and
Frankie Valli. Flett and Fletcher's song "Save Me" (originally recorded by
Merrilee Rush in 1977) was later covered by several other artists: • Brian Chapman - 1977 •
Clodagh Rogers - 1977 • Donna McDaniel - 1977 •
Clout - 1978 •
Mary Wilson of
The Supremes - 1980 •
Louise Mandrell - 1983 In 2016, they were each awarded a
Gold Disc for their song "
Just Pretend" due to sales of the Elvis Presley &
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra compilation album
The Wonder of You; the song features twice on the album, including a duet version with
Helene Fischer. ==Death==