Eventually, she eschewed a career as a librarian and entered showbusiness, starting-out as soubrette with Geordie comic Bobby Thompson in the Merry Magpies revue.
Her fourth record, 'Green With Envy, Purple With Passion, White With Anger, Scarlet With Fever, What Were You Doing in Her Arms Last Night Blues?'
Having already worked with Sir Cliff Richard,[1] she was intrigued to hear him speak at a Billy Graham meeting and this triggered her interest in wanting to know more.
A hiatus in her career eventually followed while she spent a brief period as a missionary and then as a student, obtaining a degree and teaching qualification at London University (Goldsmiths).
Minister Fred B. Craddock mentions in his book an instance in Germany where Rayne performed a version of Psalm 121 amongst popular songs from the 1940s through to the 1960s.