THE ACT
What you're booking
Self-deprecating stand-up from a man who's been losing at love since the Eisenhower administration — plus original character videos and, if the room wants it, he'll sing.
WATCH
See him work
LISTEN
Four Songs
He wrote them all. Three of them he sings himself.
THE STORY
From RCA to open mic night
1957
Picks up an instrument at seventeen. Never puts it down.
1959
Nineteen years old, in New York with his band, looking for a deal. The Accents sign to RCA Records.
1960s
Twenty years of clubs and concerts across America.
1970s
Steps off the stage. Moves to Hollywood. Becomes a working songwriter and record producer.
1988
Co-writes "It's the Lover, Not the Love" for Tiffany — released as a single from the platinum album Hold an Old Friend's Hand.
2010s
Starts over. Open mic nights in Nashville. Five, six years of trial and error, learning stand-up from zero.
Now
Les Romance.
ALSO
Seekers
A novel by Richard Paul Donahue
Three young guys from the Midwest jump into the music business flying by the seat of their pants. Johnny Flanagan falls in love with a home town girl named Joyce, until Ruby Van-Heusen, a wealthy mature woman with no scruples, changes everything. Indiana to New York to Hollywood. High adventure, humor, and heartbreak. Small beginnings, real success, personal failures, and the stubbornness to never quit.
If it sounds familiar, it should.
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