Unfortunately, my next album, titled Same Goes for You, did little to capitalize on the success that we had with “I Was Made for Dancing.” The album (which, as usual, was cut at Michael Lloyd’s home studio) followed the same basic approach as my previous two albums. There were the cover tunes, including “If I Were a Carpenter” and, believe it or not, “Singin’ in the Rain,” which had a driving, new-wave beat that actually did sort of fit with the times. It would also become something that I enjoyed singing live, but of course there was no radio play behind it. There was another song, “Memorize Your Number,” that we released as a single and that I also liked a lot. Very catchy, very jittery in that new-wave sort of style that had become popular. But that one didn’t get much airplay, either. By this time the Scotti brothers had launched their own label, which didn’t seem to do much in terms of making the record a big hit.
By 1979, my schedule was so crazy that I barely had any time to go in and record. When I arrived at the studio, as usual, everything was done. The record would simply be missing a “lead” vocal. But that didn’t always seem to matter either. If you have a chance, listen to the song “I Was Looking for Someone to Love.” Now, as I have described to you in this book, Jim Haas’s voice was typically very prominent on my records. It was also very prominent onstage. But on this particular track, I don’t think that’s me singing at all. It sure doesn’t sound like me. It sounds like Jim. Now, I’m not sure whether it ended up that way because I simply was not around to sing, or if on certain songs they just decided, No one’s going to notice; let’s just make it sound as good as we can. It does sound very good. It’s a very pretty song co-written by Michael Lloyd, and I’m sure in the hands of the proper artist, it could have been hit. But I am telling you, that is not me singing. And the first time I heard it after the album came out, I was mortified. It was my worst nightmare coming true. That was not my voice on my own record. And even sadder, nobody even seemed to notice.