Angel Face and the Motley Crew kept busy with a series of live engagements in areas like Baltimore, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Chicago, Cheraw, SC (Motley’s hometown) as well as Canada through the late 1950s. In March 1954, she performed with him opposite Count Basie at Club Trinidad in Washington, DC, which should be considered a career highlight, as was a 1955 tour with Motley through South Dakota to the 1042 Club in Anchorage in the Alaska Territory. They also performed at DC’s legendary Howard Theatre in 1957.
In the late 1950’s, Angel Face began working with the Swingmasters, a band led by the organist Jimmy Dayton and the drummer Maurice Lyles. They had releases on DC Records and Specialty of California. In 1956, Angel Face released “I Was Framed” on DC Records; “Boomerang Lover” on Hollywood Records; and “I Can’t Look Back” for OKeh Records later that year. By that time, Motley’s band was based out of Toronto, Canada, and Angel Face did not remain with the band. She rejoined Motley during a performance in Toronto, Ontario in 1961. She lived in Fort Worth, TX, for most of 1960s and back in her hometown of New Orleans in the 1970's. She made appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1980 and went on a European tour with trumpeter Wallace Davenport. Angel Face retired in 1985 and passed away in 1991.