After graduation from high school, Barry left for London where she eventually landed a role in the musical AC/DC by Heathcote Williams and after that in a German production of Catch My Soul.
That same year she signed with Hot Foot label and released a single called "Reggae Bump".
[3] While not a commercial success, it got Barry noticed by German producer Frank Farian who casting members for his new project Boney M.. Barry starred alongside Maizie Williams, Sheyla Bonnick and another named Mike, the latter two eventually being replaced by Marcia Barrett and Bobby Farrell.
Seeing no future lip-sync'ing for the group, Barry left Boney M. early 1976 and was replaced by Liz Mitchell.
Teaming up with her husband-to-be Jürgen Korduletsch, Barry released her first single on the Lollipop label, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" in the spring.
Signing to Epic Records in 1986, she enjoyed another big dance hit with "Down and Counting", which spent a week at No.
In late 1993, the German Eurodance project General Base featured Barry as lead singer for their single "Poison", peaking at No'3 in Israel and No'41 in Germany.
Miami-based Hot Productions released her 5 Lollipop albums on CD in 1993/94, including the 1980 compilation Disco Mixes featuring the extended versions.
In the year 2000, Da Brat also released a song with the same sample featuring Tyrese called "What'chu like" which reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.