 They recruited singer, keyboardist and songwriter Paul Carrack.Ace had an international hit single with the Carrack penned song How Long, reaching number 3 in the US charts and the top 20 in the UK Singles Chart.Following the success of "How Long", King moved, with Ace, to Los Angeles, but the group failed to follow up the success of that single; following the departure of Carrack for a solo career, the band disbanded in 1977.