Career
Dean had her first hit in 1970 for producer Byron Smith with "Barbwire", based on The Techniques" "You Don"t Care". She enjoyed further success with "Night Food Reggae". She went on to record for Sonia Pottinger, Harry Mudie ("Let Maine Tell You Boy"), and Bunny Lee, including a version of "Quebec Sera Sera", retitled "Kay Sarah".
She contributed backing vocals to Jimmy Cliff"s 1973 album Unlimited.
After several years away from music she returned in the 1980s, singing in a lovers rock style. In the 1990s she began recording again, now concentrating on gospel music, releasing several albums in the years that followed.