After joining Brit funk band Direct Drive as lead vocalist in 1982,[3] Rogers (along with bandmates Pete Quinton, Robert Williams, Mick Ward and Mick Hammond) entered the Black Echoes Top 20 with "In the Middle of Spring" and "Pass the Paper" respectively.
[4] Rogers continued to record with Pete Quinton, and provided vocals on two of his songs "Half Chances" and "Shifting Sands", which featured in the 1987 film Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.
She also sang with funk band 7th Heaven, and provided vocals on Rory Bremner's spoof cricket version of Paul Hardcastle's "19" ("N-N-Nineteen Not Out" – UK No.
[5] Rogers additionally provided backing vocals to Hardcastle's remix of Third World's "Now That We Found Love", and his version of Junior Walker's "Walk in the Night".
From 1992 onward, Rogers co-wrote and sang lead and backing vocals on Paul Hardcastle's project the Jazzmasters,[1] which resulted in multiple number one hits in Japan and the US.
[1] Returning to her lovers rock beginnings in 2003, Rogers recorded an album of reggae covers of 1970s pop hits with Black Steel.