The pair decided to go solo professionally in the early 1980s with McCoo hosting the popular American syndicated television series "Solid Gold" from 1981 through 1984 and again from 1986 through 1988. She also created a successful nightclub and concert act, and went on to appear as Tamara Price on "Days of Our Lives" in 1986, as a friend of Marlena Evans who sang at her wedding. Price later became involved with James Reynolds' character Abe Carver. McCoo left the series in 1987.