It was in 1982 though, that Frank had his first single (a song he wrote by himself for his wife) with You and I for Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle which stayed number one four weeks country, number two for six weeks AC and number 6 for four weeks Pop. It was also in June of 1982 that Frank and Belinda had their first son, Joshua and in October 1985 their second son Nicholas.

   During his time with Eddy Raven, Frank met Gary Baker. Gary was working in a band called The Shooters. After Frank left Eddy Raven in 1990, he was hired to play guitar for Marie Osmond. Since the Shooters had disbanded, Frank was able to get Gary a job playing bass for Marie. It was with Marie that Gary and Frank’s partnership would blossom. They had their first number one together in 1993 with Once Upon A Lifetime by Alabama.

   Their greatest accomplishment as writers together came when John Michael Montgomery recorded I Swear which was number one for 4 weeks on the Country charts. The song was then recorded by All 4 One and went to number one on the pop charts and stayed there for 11 weeks. Since then, I Swear has won numerous awards, including:

American Songwriter Magazine: Pop, AC, R&B,Country and Overall Song of the year. Pop, R&B,Country and Overall Songwriters of the year.

1st Annual Country Radio Awards: Single and Song of the year

C.M.A. AWARDS: Single of the year; Song of the year nomination

Grammy Awards: Country song of the year; Best R&B Vocal and Song of the year nomination

A.C.M. Awards: Single and Song of the year

N.S.A.I. Awards: Award for Country, Pop, and AC Song of the year

A.S.C.A.P. Awards: Country, Pop and R&B Song of the Year

Billboard: #1 song of 1994

JUKEBOX AWARDS: 1994 Song and Songwriters of the Year

INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR Canada, Germany, Great Britain, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan and China