Her voice can be heard on albums by Carly Simon, Ray Parker Jr., Kim Carnes, Santana, Martika, Laura Branigan, Belinda Carlisle, Selena, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, Mylène Farmer, Alisha and Madonna.

Her grandfather played upright bass and cello for the Warner Bros. Studios Orchestra, recording the scores of classic movies such as Casablanca and Gone with the Wind.

De Lory's late older sister Jolene sang background vocals on the 1973 Carpenters single "Sing".

In addition, she contributed vocals to projects by Kim Carnes, Barry Manilow, Santana and the Rocky II soundtrack.

[3] Her father found a professional home in Nashville's Music Row area as a producer for Capitol Records.

She started spending a lot of her time on writing songs and recording demos before going back to California after finishing Hillsboro High School to study dancing, singing and acting.

In 1985, Gardner Cole, then De Lory's boyfriend, wrote the song "Open Your Heart" which Madonna would later record.

At the time Madonna's management was looking for material for her True Blue album, and Cole submitted three songs, including "Open Your Heart".

She formed the band Bliss together with cellist Cameron Stone in 1997, whom she was introduced to at the recommendation of her drummer,[12] and released the album Love Never Dies.

[14] De Lory and Stone built a fully equipped 24-track digital studio in her garage, then packed it up and took it in a U-Haul to a cabin in Taos, New Mexico, where most of the material for the album was created.

De Lory's 2004 album, The Lover & The Beloved, was a Sanskrit and English CD released on the Ajna Music label.

De Lory combines her melodic vocals and world music influences, but predominantly sings in English.

In 2016, De Lory teamed up with Haris to record a cover version of Madonna's 1993 single "Rain", to which they originally had sung backing vocals.