money to move to Los Angeles. Howard became a road manager for Stafford. Music career 1970s The duo signed to Curb Records in 1975. A single featuring only David, "Nothin' Heavy", was unsuccessful. However, at the suggestion of Neil Diamond's drummer Dennis St. John, the brothers recorded and released the single "Let Your Love Flow", written by Diamond's roadie Larry Williams. Released in 1976, "Let Your Love Flow" was a No. 1 single on the U.S. pop charts, as well as more than a dozen countries worldwide. Although "Let Your Love Flow" was also a hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, the Bellamys' country music success was limited until 1979, when "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" was released. The song, with its double entendre title derived from a Groucho Marx quote, landed the Bellamys their first country music No. 1 in the United States. It was first played on radio in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland in 1979 and went on to become Record of the Year in the UK in 1979. In a 2003 issue of Country Weekly magazine, the title was named the number 1 country pick-up line of all time. ` 1980s and 1990s After the success of "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me", the brothers continued with a run of country hits, including tunes such as "Redneck Girl", "Santa Fe", and the social commentary pieces "Old Hippie" and "Kids of the Baby Boom". Billboard named the Bellamy Brothers as Top Country Duo, and they eventually went on to set the record for most duo nominations from both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association. The brothers worked on a number of collaborative efforts with other musicians during this period. They recorded "Too Much Is Not Enough" with The Forester Sisters in 1986 and "Drive South" with them in 1990. In 1993, they recorded "Stayin' in Love" with Freddy Fender and Flaco Jiménez. In 1997, they recorded "Catahoula" with Eddy Raven and Jo-El Sonnier, while in 1997 they recorded "Everyone's Somebody's Darlin'" with Nicolette Larson. In 1999, they recorded "(Don't Put Me In) The Ex Files" with Buck Owens, and that same year they recorded "Vertical Expression" with Freddy Fender and then with Eduardo Araujo. In 1991, the Bellamys switched to Atlantic Records. Their