Born in England, he moved to South Africa in 1978 and formed two record labels, Storm and MAP. He wrote the song "
Daydreamer", which he took to Tokyo Music Festival in 1974 where it was picked up by
Artie Wayne and recorded by
David Cassidy. Cassidy's recording spent three weeks at the top of the UK singles chart in October and November 1973. A French adaptation, "", recorded by
Claude François, reached number 1 in France. He also wrote "Love Is a Beautiful Song", performed by
Dave Mills, which reached number 1 in South Africa, Canada and Australia. Two other songs written by him reached Number 1 in South Africa – "Spider Spider" by Tidal Wave and "Kentucky Blues" sung by Lauren Copley. He also wrote theme songs for South African TV shows, including
Twist Grip,
TopSport,
DriveTime, as well as the Comrades Marathon and television series'
The Power of Persuasion and
Wings Over Africa. In 1999 he produced and wrote the film score for the South African feature film
Heel Against the Head. ==Writing credits==