Steve Stapley made his first professional recording at Abbey Road in 1968. A few years later, Steve and his then music partner, Richard Markstein, were signed as a duo by DJM records where they remained for several years, recording an album, a series of singles and touring the UK. Pete Brown, poet and author of many of Cream's classic hits, joined them on percussion and Scrabble.

Moving to LA, where he married and fronted a couple of rock bands, Steve achieved success writing songs for movies and writing English lyrics for French legend Johnny Halladay's gold album - En VQ and for the French No.1 single - Casualty of Love.

After five years in California, Steve and his wife returned to England where he started writing jingles and singing on TV commercials.

After the sudden loss of his first wife, Steve met American singer, Lynda Hayes. They are married with two sons and live in Northamptonshire.

Steve, as well as writing, performing and producing, co-directs multimedia video production company - Paydirt Productions Ltd.

Steve has just released the CD Travellin' Heart on CDbaby: I don't know how we all fit in there. Pathway Studios wasn't much bigger than a large bathroom. And I don't remember how I persuaded all those great musicians to come along and play: Accordion - Geraint Watkins, Bass - Rob Burns, Drums - Richard Marcangelo, Guitar - Les Davidson, Blues Harp - Stevie Smith, Organ - Keith Miller(RIP), Piano - Terry Disley, Tenor Sax - Dick Heckstall-Smith, Baritone Sax - Simon Clarke, Trumpet - Roddy Lorrimer. Artwork by Adam Hayes.

On this album there is one song I want to talk about. It is the story of a great miscarriage of justice. I read a short article in a newspaper about the execution of a young man called Edward Earl Johnson. In the article it said that everyone involved (including his executioner) was absolutely convinced of his innocence. Fifteen minutes later the song had written itself. If you are interested in finding out more about Edward Earl Johnson - just google his name. At the time of writing the song, the story only got a couple of short paragraphs in a newspaper (in England), but now, many years later, the story of Edward Earl Johnson is very widely known.