Her career ended abruptly
In her music career, she recorded one album, “Color Him Father”, in the 1970s. She released four singles, three of which featured on the music charts. Her singles “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and “Bad Case of the Blues” made it twice into the Top 60 hits, according to allmusic.com. But she retired soon in 1974 largely thanks to racism. She had left Plantation Records after Singleton started promoting another country artist, who was white. After leaving, Martell couldn’t record with any other label because she was still under contract with Plantation Records. She started singing in local clubs before working as a bus driver for a school and later in class for special needs children.
