Later records for the label met with little success until the single "Move a Little Closer" made No.

Her recordings for Modern, some of which were issued in the UK, became popular on the English Northern soul scene.

[3] In the early 1980s, she re-emerged as Mary Love Comer, singing gospel-flavored soul with a Christian message.

An album of her material, Now and Then, including some old unreleased recordings, was issued in the UK.

She made special appearances onstage at the Jazz Café in 2000,[2] and at a Kent Records anniversary show in 2007, both in London.