Spent several years singing in clubs in Washington, D.C. before sign at the end of the 1980s with Columbia Records, and released as country singer.
Ọkwá nkà nọrọ ọtụtụ afọ na-abụ abụ na Washington, DC, klọb tupu a bịanye aka na afọ n'afo 1980 na Columbia Records, onye ahịa ya dị ka a na-agụ egwú mba.