[2] Her talents as a singer led to her recording her first single, "Love My Life" for Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation (JBC radio) DJ Jerry Lewis, who was the boyfriend of one of Cadogan's school friends.

[5] Perry, meanwhile, arranged with the Birmingham-based label Black Wax to release an unofficial follow-up – a remixed version of "Love My Life".

[2] "Hurt So Good" was subsequently certified silver in the United Kingdom and gold in South Africa after a few weeks and became one of the top selling singles of 1975 in the UK.

This was followed by two more albums, The Rhythm in You and Sincerely Susan, co-produced by Cadogan and Glen Adams (Capo Records) in Brooklyn, New York in 2003.

[7] She has toured together with Glen Adams and The Slackers[8] as well as with the Portuguese band The Ratazanas, and with the Debonaires (of California), the Magic Touch (Germany) and more recently with The Magnetics (Italy).