In 1981, he received a Grammy nomination as
Best New Artist, losing to
Christopher Cross. Dupree's final single to make the
Billboard chart, "Brooklyn Girls", peaked at No. 54 in June 1981. In 1987, Dupree contributed the song "Girls in Cars" to
Piledriver - The Wrestling Album 2, a collection of
theme songs for
World Wrestling Entertainment (then known as the World Wrestling Federation). The tag team
Strike Force (
Tito Santana and
Rick Martel) used an instrumental version of "Girls in Cars" as their entrance music from 1987 to 1989. In 2010, Dupree signed with Spectra Records and released the album
Time and Tide featuring former
E Street Band keyboards player
David Sancious. On May 21, 2010, Dupree performed on
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as part of Jimmy's ongoing tribute to
yacht rock, the smooth West Coast sound of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 2011, Dupree toured as part of the All Star Rock concert series. The tour featured
John Cafferty,
Orleans,
David Pack (
Ambrosia),
John Ford Coley,
Jimmy Hall of
Wet Willie,
Joe Lynn Turner, and
Joe Bouchard. In 2012, Dupree released a new four song album of covers entitled
Arc of a Romance. In 2013, Dupree toured throughout the United States and Canada over the summer as part of the Sail Rock 2013 with
Christopher Cross,
Player,
Gary Wright,
Al Stewart,
Orleans,
Firefall, and
John Ford Coley. In the summer of 2018, he and
John Ford Coley appeared on the Rock the Yacht 2018 tour alongside
Ambrosia,
Peter Beckett (of Player), and
Stephen Bishop. ==Discography==