Timmy T started out in the 1980s in small rap groups in Fresno but felt that he would rather do dance music. He purchased a Moog synthesizer and a Roland TR-808 drum machine at a pawn shop, and recorded his first single, "Time After Time", on an 8 track reel to reel in his garage. After getting that single pressed on 250 demo copies of vinyl, he then rode his motorcycle to a local Fresno radio station to ask them to play his song. After the DJ played the song once, there were instantly many calls requesting who was performing that song. The DJ recommended that Timmy T take his record to radio stations in Los Angeles for more exposure. After Los Angeles pop station Power 106 played the record, it received airplay from several more stations throughout the country including Hot 97 in New York. Timmy got a record deal with Quality Records, and "Time After Time" went on to peak at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #1 on the Billboard Dance Sales chart. He released another single at the end of 1990, the ballad "One More Try", which proved to be much more successful than his first single, selling over a million copies and climbing to the number #1 spot on the Billboard charts the following year. The success of the single drove the album, also named "Time After Time," to the #46 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

He recorded his first album Time After Time, featuring the title track (his first single), other songs included were "What Will I Do", "One More Try", and "Over and Over". One of the singles from his second album, All For Love, reached the charts, however his song "Over You" was featured in the motion picture "The Raffle" in the company of Elton John. On September 18th 2018 Timmy T was featured performing "One More Try" on an Episode of Comedy Central's popular show TOSH.0. The song was also in the movie "Hot Summer Nights" starring Academy Award Nominee Timothée Chalamet. The other singles off the second album were "Cry a Million Tears" and a cover of a song originally by Eric Carmen "Boats Against the Current".

Today, Timmy T still tours along with other freestyle acts from the late 80s and early 90s. He is still active in putting together these shows for people who still enjoy the freestyle era.