Career
He left boxing to pursue a career singing gospel, and in the late 1950s joined the Mighty Clouds of Joy. In 1962 he was offered the chance to record a secular novelty song by manager Ray Vernon, the brother of Link Wray. Adopting the pseudonym Bunker Hill so as not to lose his position with the Mighty Clouds of Joy, he recorded several tracks with a band including Link Wray on guitar.
One of the tracks, "Hide and Go Seek", became a hit single in the United States, reaching #27 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues charts and #33 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Despite hiding his identity, he was still found out and asked to leave the Mighty Clouds of Joy as a result. Some reports state that he died in Houston, Texas in the late 1980s, but this is unconfirmed.