After appearing on Joan Regan's BBC TV programme Be My Guest in 1961,[3] at the age of 16, Deene was signed to the His Master's Voice label.
Deene's first hit was "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)", a number 44 entry on the UK chart in October 1961.
In a different mould, Deene covered Joanie Somers' US chart hit "Johnny Get Angry" for her third single, and saw it reach number 32 in July that year.
[4] She achieved no further hits after 1962, but despite a serious car accident in 1966,[4] Deene continued to record throughout the 1960s and into 1970, regularly touring the northern clubs.
[4] In January 1997, Diamond Records released a compilation album of Deene's work, entitled Johnny Get Angry.