 Sharpe wrote the lyrics to "The Dream Peddler's Serenade" (1950), composed by Johnny Mercer and recorded by Margaret Whiting.He authored at least one novel, "Hogar, Lord of the Asyr" (1987), published in New American Library's Signet imprint under his full name of John Rufus Sharpe III.In the mid-1960s, Sharpe formed Rondo Music, and by 1967 he was General Manager of the George E. Primrose Music Co, Mill Valley, California.