In February 1970, he started to record his first solo album, "The Kid's No Good"; he released his first solo single, "I'll Kiss Your Memory", but the rest of the songs that were supposed to be on the album were never released and only appeared in bootlegs. "I'll Kiss Your Memory" was not charted in either the U.K. or U.S. but reached No. 16 in Netherlands in five weeks. Another country ballad "This Time" was chosen as the B-side. Bruce Eder of AllMusic stated that the songs on "The Kid's No Good" were of country and sentimental numbers.