Billie Keith Hughes began his recording career as leader of the group LAZARUS.
In association with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, LAZARUS moved to Woodstock, N.Y., signing with the newly formed Bearsville Records label (distributed by Warner Bros. Records), under the direction of Albert Grossman.
Two albums were recorded and released on Bearsville, produced by Peter Yarrow and Phil Ramone. In the next four years, LAZARUS performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada.
In 1976 LAZARUS won the Clio Award for "Lifesavers" Best Commercial of the Year which ran nine years nationwide.

Billie Hughes began his solo career in 1978 upon signing with Epic Records.
His "Dreammaster" LP was produced by Henry Lewy in Los Angeles. During the next four years, Billie Hughes toured the United States, Canada, and Japan performing as an artist and travelled to Japan, Canada and Italy to record and produce various projects including his own hit single "Martin Eden" (CBS motiom picture theme song) which charted Top 5 all over Europe.

In 1981 Street Records Inc. in Toronto released Billie Hughes 2nd solo LP.
His "Horton, Bates & Best The Last Catch" was produced by Billie himself with David Bradstreet and Carl Keesee (ex LAZARUS). Billie covered many songs of canadian singer-songwriters in this LP, for example, Bruce Cockburn, David Wiffen, David Essing, Willie P. Bennett, etc. Billies' own songs was not including in this album.

In 1983 Hughes formed a partnership with lyricist Roxanne Seeman which set in motion a songwriting career of works produced by such name producers as Phil Collins, Arif Mardin, Michael Omartin, George Duke and Reggie Lucas and included such artists as Philip Bailey, The Jacksons, Bette Midler, The Sisters Of Mercy, Randy Crawford Al Jarreau, Melissa Manchester, and the #1 charting Japanese famale duo "Wink" amoung others.

In 1991, Pony Canyon Records in Japan released Billie Hughes' CD "Welcome To The Edge", remaining in the Top 10 of Billboard for four months. "Welcome To The Edge" also received an Emmy nomination for Best Original Song in the television show "Santa Barbara". Billie Hughes received a second Emmy nomination for Best Original Song in the television show "Another World".

In March 1992, Billie Hughes performed at the NHK nationally televised Japanese Grand Prix Awards and received the award for #1 International Single of the Year (Single sales reaching over 520,000 copies on the Pony Canyon label).

Billie Keith Hughes passed away July 3 1998.
Peter Yarrow kindly sang "Day Is Done" at Billie's funeral in Houston.