I knew when I left to go to start my career, you don't want to get in front of a band and say, uh, give me Stardust without saying D-flat.

The music I wanted to get into when I went to California, was to, uh, get into, uh, pop, mostly. And the big band era was on at that time. I was doing the Mona Lisas, the Stardusts, Stars Fell On Alabama, all this kind of stuff. And that was my thing that I wanted.