After Sylvester's untimely death in 1988, Jeanie decided to put her recording career on the backburner favoring the idea of doing more theater and session work. This break wouldn't last for long and soon Jeanie was back in action flying to New York City to work with her friend, Martha Wash. While there, she recorded the track It's My Time for 3-Beat Records, a U.K. based label. The track's lyrics of say it best of the way Jeanie was feeling at the moment. "It's my time to live again, it's my time to stand up and shout'.

Jeanie appeared on Star Search and placed number one in the Female Vocalist Category for an astounding six weeks. Her Star Search wins made her a household name instantly around the world.

U.K. label Pulse-8 has Jeanie in London for thee months recording with the song writing team Band Of Gypsies. Do You Believe In The Wonder and If This Is Love both were issued as singles, and It's My Time was remixed and re-released. The full length album, It's My Time was then released and produced two more singles, It's A Man's Man's World, teamed Jeanie with Bobby Womack, and Crying In My Sleep, was a ballad where Jeanie had a chance to belt out.

Since the release of It's My Time, Jeanie has recorded a number of commercials, and participated on numerous albums for Curtis Mayfield, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Tevin Campbell, Kenny Loggins, and Natalie Cole to name a few. Recently Jeanie moved effortless back into another form of theatre - television. She became the voice of "Kimmie The Cat" and "Bantu The Snake" on the critically acclaimed P.B.S. children's series Kangaroddy. These roles allowed Jeanie to really speak from her heart and to encourage children to have respect for themselves and for others. Something she stresses for all people to do a little more of.