Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States,[2] Kinney originally sang in The Poppies with Dorothy Moore.
Among the songs she sang on were King Floyd's "Groove Me", and her former "Poppie" bandmate Dorothy Moore's 1976 Top 10 single, "Misty Blue".
By 1979, then having settled as a housewife, Kinney decided to attempt a comeback, and she recorded her own version of "Groove Me", but changed the rhythm on the song to turn it into a disco dance track.
Her next single "Together We Are Beautiful", released in 1980 was another disco song, but with a slower and more sultry beat.
It had been recorded by the British vocalist, Steve Allan, eighteen months earlier.