It was around this time that Costa started experimenting with combinations of instruments, producing musical arrangements, and peddling them to a few notable big band s. It was this self-promotion that caused two young up and coming singers to notice his work. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme invited Costa to write some vocal backgrounds for their future recordings. _He_agreed, and thus began an association that led to their joining a new record label being headed by Sam Clark as president: <sep>, Pronoun: He