Born Jane Bayley in Leek, Staffordshire, then moving to Coventry, Jane sang in local folk clubs before becoming lead singer with The Swinging Cats, whose single 'Away/Mantovani' was produced by Jerry Dammers and released on his 2 Tone label. The song 'Away' which Bayley co-wrote with John Shipley and Toby Lyons was included on the compilation album 'The 2-Tone Collection-A Checkered Past' on the Chrysalis label. Moving to London in the early 1980s Jane formed and toured with the Round-a-way Wrong Chamber who released a single and video: 'Boy/yoB' (Wrong) - produced by David Cunningham of The Flying Lizards.