Her breakthrough appearance was to have been on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956, but on arrival in America she was confronted with problems of selling the show in the south with a British-sounding black woman.
Hendes gennembrud der skulle have været på The Ed Sullivan Show i 1956, men ved ankomsten til Amerika blev hun konfronteret med, at der var problemer med at sælge et show i Sydstaterne med en britisk-talende sort kvinde.