Career
She began singing at the age of 11 with her eldest brother"s band. After his untimely death, she decided to pursue a career in music as a tribute. She had released a number of standards in the 1970s on the Pye record label and drew crowds at cabarets.
Her follow-up singles failed to chart, so she has the dubious honour of being classified as a one-hit wonder.
She has released a few albums on the ScotDisc label. Her double album One Day at a Time: An Anthology of Song was released on Castle Records in 2003.
Martell had surgery to replace a valve in her heart, and in March 2008 underwent a triple heart bypass operation.
