De Azevedo served as a musical director for The Sonny & Cher Show, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five and The Osmonds. He composed the scores for the films Where the Red Fern Grows and the The Swan Princess, for the latter he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for the song Far Longer than Forever.
During the 1960s, De Azevedo produced several albums for Capitol Records, including Laurindo Almeida's "Plays for a Man and a Woman" and the Four King Cousins' "Introducing the Four King Cousins." He produced the hit version, by the Youngstown, Ohio based quartet the Human Beinz, of the Isley Brothers' "Nobody but Me", which rose to #8 in 1968. He also secured a recording contract for novelty singer Mrs. Miller.
He has also composed for pop singers (including many members of his own family) and the stage.
He is also credited as the co-writer of the Latter Day Saint production, Saturday's Warrior.
De Azevedo's daughter Rachel is the producer of the popular Signing Time! videos, designed to teach children American Sign Language, and Lex appears in them during the grandparents sequence of Vol. 2. De Azevedo's daughter Julie De Azevedo is a popular Mormon inspirational pop singer.
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