David Bellamy arrived on the music scene in early 1974 when Jim Stafford took his song "Spiders & Snakes" to #3 on the Hot100. Stafford's manager, Phil Gernhard, took an interest in Bellamy and had him record lead vocals on a Larry Williams composition called "Let Your Love Flow". The result was less than satisfying so the song was shelved.

Stafford then went to Florida to tape a TV special and trying to beat a threatening storm that was on the way, Gernherd had the roadies perform a sound check before Stafford arrived to save time. Gernhard was discussing the set up with Tony Scotti when he became aware of a roadie singing the sound check. He realized he had found the voice that could carry "Let Your Love Flow" and was surprised to find that it was Larry Bellamy, David's brother and it was Gernhard who had hired Larry as a roadie in the first place.

Once the tour was completed, Gernhard took Larry & David into the studio and re-recorded "Let Your Love Flow" and on the final day of production, he found out that ABC Dunhill was getting ready to release a cover of the same song. Warner rushed out the release on January 31, 1976 and it hit #1 on May 1, 1976.

Bolstered by a #1 hit song but rampant mismanagement nearly broke them. The brothers regrouped focusing on recording country music with hit songs like 'If I Said You A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me)" and made a successful career for themselves to this very day.