- Hit #119 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts with "Shangri-La" in May of 1973.
- In his later years he also made music for commercials of brands such as Pepsi, Mercedes Swatch, Cadillac, Budweiser, and Hilton.
- During sessions he sometimes took part in the background choir, such as on the album Introducing of Sparks.
- He was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist.
- Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, he produced and arranged albums for popular artists such as Cher, Andy Williams, Helen Reddy, José Feliciano, Vicki Lawrence, and Liza Minnelli, and delivered film music for more than twenty films.
- He made film music for more than twenty films, including The Windsplitter (1971), Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot (1977), Buffalo Rider (1978), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Sharky's Machine (1981), The Cannonball Run (1981), Stroker Ace (1983), and Flawless (1999), and a handful of television films.
- In the seventies he was a fixed arranger of Snuff Garrett.
- In 2007 he issued the album Great Easy-Listening Hits Of The '60s under the name The Al Capps Orchestra.
- He also recorded music himself, such as in 1971 the promo single of Jesus Christ, Superstar (cover version).
- Later in life, he made music for commercials of international brands.
- As a musician, he played on albums by The Everly Brothers, Gábor Szabó, and Frank Sinatra.
- He composed the hit "Half Breed" for Cher.
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