Her professional career started in the early 1980s, under the name "Jules Fordham", as a backing singer for Mari Wilson and Kim Wilde, before signing a recording contract of her own later that decade.

The album was produced by Larry Klein who has worked with many artists including Joni Mitchell (his former wife) and with Fordham previously on Falling Forward.

The release was cancelled when a corporate reshuffle caused her record label to be closed and her contract ended.

[8] Fordham continued to record, independently releasing a remake of her debut single "Happy Ever After" (with the help of a children's choir from a village near her hometown on the south coast of England) in aid of Indian Ocean Tsunami relief.

The recording in West Sussex, UK brought Fordham back full circle to where she first started writing and performing songs in local folk clubs as a teenager.

In 2006, Fordham released an EP entitled Baby Love, via AWAL (Artists Without A Label).

In 2007, Fordham appeared as guest vocalist on a track, "Carry", on Judith Owen's album Happy This Way.

It was a Philippines-only release and included previous studio recordings as well as live cuts and rare tracks.

In November 2007, it was announced that Fordham had completed a new album which was going to be released via a "start up" company called NovaTunes.

[9] In 2010, Fordham teamed up with comedian, actor and pianist Paul Reiser and released the album Unusual Suspects.

Fordham's second album, 1989's Porcelain, and its 1991 follow-up, Swept, were both reissued by Cherry Red Records as two-CD deluxe editions in 2013.

Owen also performed one of her own songs and provided the on stage harmonies and backing vocals when Fordham sang her chart hit "Happy Ever After" (UK No.

[12] Fordham was a guest on the Richard Madeley on Sunday show which aired on BBC Radio 2 on 7 July 2013.

[13] She performed two songs live for the show, including her single "Skipping Under the Rainbow", with Grant Mitchell accompanying on piano.

[14] After spending the summer of 2014 in the studio recording tracks for a new album, she headed to the UK for a short tour, which opened in Cornwall at St Austell Arts Centre, taking in Bury St Edmunds, Glasgow, Selby[15] and Stockton-on-Tees.

Shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Tokyo and Osaka in Japan followed.