She began her career as a session singer in the music industry in London, working with Madeline Bell and Vicki Brown.

She was the girlfriend of Steve Harley of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, and sang on the 1975 hit, "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)".

[1] Most notably she performed as a duet with Scott Fitzgerald on the song "If I Had Words", which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart[2] and Australia in 1978.

It was also a hit in Ireland, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia and sold more than a million copies.

[3] Keeley was part of the group the Star Sisters which was popular in the Netherlands during the 1980s.