Started his career by participating in singing contests; ended up winning first, second or third place at almost every event
Used the stage name Eddie Robles for some time
On joining the Boy Watsonal Castoria contest, he started using his mother's surname, de Mesa, but dropped the de out of it
Formed a band called The Trippers with the Donato brothers
Don Jose Zarah, a producer of the shows at the Clover Theater, was the first to ask him to start singing Elvis Presley songs
Abraham Cruz, an actor-director at Premiere Productions and the new director of Clover Theatre billed the Trippers as Eddie Mesa, The Elvis Presley of the Philippines, and The Trippers
Swinging Jet Age (1968) was the last movie he acted in
Separated from his wife in 1970, but the couple reunited in 1986
Was appointed the choir director of the Fairview Baptist Church and works an evangelist, both in Philippines and the United States