hɪz ɡɹˈeɪɾɪst klˈeɪm tə fˈeɪm wʌz ðæt hiː ɹˈoʊt ðə nˈɔːɹðɚn sˈoʊl hˈɪt "tˈeɪntᵻd lˈʌv" fɔːɹ ɡlˈoːɹiə dʒˈoʊnz, wˌɪtʃ sˈɔft sˈɛl ɹᵻwˈɜːkt ˌɪntʊ wˈʌn ʌvðə bˈɪɡɪst pˈɑːp hˈɪts ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z.
His greatest claim to fame was that he wrote the northern soul hit "Tainted Love" for Gloria Jones, which Soft Cell reworked into one of the biggest pop hits of the 1980s.