Motorcity Records singles discography


This is a discography for singles released by Motorcity Records.

Nightmare 12" singles

Singles with the MARE-prefix released on Ian Levine's label Nightmare Records before the label was re-named Motorcity Records. Subsequent 12" singles carried the MOTC-prefix .
  • ◄ NRG 8 - Scherrie Payne - "Chasing Me Into Somebody Else's Arms"
  • MARE 1 - Evelyn Thomas - "Tightrope"
  • MARE 2 - Darryl Pandy - "Animal Magnetism"
  • MARE 3 - Man Two Man - "Who Knows What Evil"
  • MARE 4 - Earlene Bentley - "Don't Delay"
  • MARE 5 - Miquel Brown - "Footprints in the Sand"
  • MARE 6 - James & Susan Wells - "Love's the Cure for Me"
  • MARE 7 - Viola Wills & Noel McCalla - "Take One Step Forward"
  • MARE 8 - Barbara Pennington - "Don't Stop the World"
  • MARE 9 - Linda Taylor - "Every Waking Hour"
  • MARE 10 - Shezwae Powell - "Act of War"
  • MARE 11 - Midnight Sunrise featuring Jackie Rawe - "In at the Deep End"
  • MARE 12 - Celena Duncan - "Faster Than the Eye Can See"
  • MARE 13 - Steve Mancha - "Standing in Line"
  • MARE 14 - Grace Kennedy - "Take It or Leave It"
  • MARE 15 - Milton Brown - "Falling from a Great Height"
  • MARE 16 - Archie Bell & the Drells - "Look Back Over Your Shoulder"
  • MARE 17 - Moonstone - "Meet Me Halfway"
  • MARE 18 - Susan Wells - "My Hands Are Tied"
  • MARE 19 - Man Two Man - "Hard-Hitting Love"
  • MARE 20 - Nicci Gable - "Indian Giver"
  • MARE 21 - Earlene Bentley - "I Got You Covered"
  • MARE 22 - James Wells - "Great Minds Think Alike"
  • MARE 23 - Louise Thomas - "Double Vision"
  • MARE 24 - Scott Stryker - "Less Than Lovers More Than Friends"
  • MARE 25 - Seventh Avenue - "Armed Robbery"
  • MARE 26 - Kim Weston - "Signal Your Intention"
  • MARE 27 - Darryl Pandy - "Put My Love on the Line"
  • MARE 28 - The Velvelettes - "Needle in a Haystack"
  • MARE 29 - Carol Jiani - "Turning My Back and Walking Away"
  • MARE 30 - Marv Johnson and Carolyn Gill - "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
  • MARE 31 - Evelyn Thomas - "Standing at the Crossroads"
  • MARE 32 - Sharon Dee Clarke - "Past, Present & Future"
  • MARE 33 - Mary Wells - "Don't Burn Your Bridges"
  • MARE 34 - Shezwae Powell - "Backtrack"
  • MARE 35 - Celena Duncan - "Questions & Answers"
  • MARE 36 - Midnight Sunrise with Nellie 'Mixmaster' Rush* - "This Is A Haunted House"
  • MARE 37 - Milton Brown - "A Winner Never Quits"
  • MARE 38 - Rob Keane - "Perfect Opportunity"
  • MARE 39 - Mary Wilson - "Don't Get Mad, Get Even"
  • MARE 40 - Croisette - "Wasted Nights"
  • MARE 41 - Marsha Raven - "That Jealous Sensation"
  • MARE 42 - Norma Lewis - "Surprise Me Tonight"
  • MARE 43 - Moonstone - "Spring Summer Autumn Winter"
  • MARE 44 - Sharon Dee Clarke - "Awesome"
  • MARE 45 - Rob Keane - "One Night Stand"
  • MARE 46 - Havana - "Satisfy My Desire"
  • MARE 47 - Seventh Avenue - "The Right Combination"
  • MARE 48 - Evelyn Thomas - "No Win Situation"
  • MARE 49 - Barbara Pennington - "There Are Brighter Days"
  • MARE 50 - Steve Mancha - "Hopelessly"
  • MARE 51 - Marv Johnson - "By Hook or by Crook"
  • MARE 52 - Shezwae Powell - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
  • MARE 53 - Brenda Holloway - "Give Me a Little Inspiration"
  • MARE 54 - Croisette - "You're a Time Waster"
  • MARE 55 - Kim Weston - "Helpless"
  • MARE 56 - Seventh Avenue - "The Love I Lost"
  • MARE 57 - Scott Stryker - "Science Fiction"
  • MARE 58 - Monica Reed - "Out of Control"
  • MARE 59 - Jimmy Ruffin - "Wake Me Up When It's Over"
  • MARE 60 - The Velvelettes - "Running Out of Luck"
  • MARE 61 - Eastbound Expressway - "Whiplash"
  • MARE 62 - Louise Thomas - "I Can Fly"
  • MARE 63 - Jigsaw - "Let's Not Say Goodbye"
  • MARE 64 - Lily Savage - "Tough at the Top"
  • MARE 65 - Evelyn Thomas - "Only Once in a Lifetime"
  • MARE 66 - Carol Woods - "Never Satisfied"
  • MARE 67 - Desiderata - "Heart of Glass
  • MARE 68 - Midnight Sunrise - "Goodbye Good Riddance"
  • MARE 69 - Barbara Pennington - "I've Been a Bad Girl"
  • MARE 70 - Gee Morris - "This Old Heart of Mine
  • MARE 71 - Sharon Dee Clarke - "I Can't Stay Mad At You"
  • MARE 72 - Kim Weston - "Who's Gonna Have the Last Laugh"
  • MARE 73 - Jimmy Ruffin & Brenda Holloway - "On the Rebound"
  • MARE 74 - Laura Pallas - "Revenge Is Sweet"
  • MARE 75 - Celena Duncan - "Running for the Moon
  • MARE 76 - Croisette - "Do You Know the Way to San José?"
  • MARE 77 - Seventh Avenue - "Standing By Your Side"
  • MARE 78 - Brenda Reid & The New Exciters - "Reaching for the Best"
  • MARE 79 - Miquel Brown - "This Time It's Real"
  • MARE 80 - Evelyn Thomas - "This Is Madness"
  • MARE 81 - Jigsaw - "Strategy"
  • MARE 82 - Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers - "Do Unto Others"
  • MARE 83 - Pearly Gates - "One Less Bell to Answer"
  • MARE 84 - Kevin Moore - "You Spin My World Around"
  • MARE 85 - Scherrie Payne - "Pure Energy"
  • MARE 86 - The Flirtations - "Back On My Feet Again"
  • MARE 87 - "Moonstone" - The Visitors
  • MARE 88 - The Nightmare Orchestra - "Street Symphony"
  • MARE 89 - Barbara Randolph - "I Got a Feeling" / "Turning My Back and Walking Away"
  • MARE 90 -
  • MARE 91 - Eddie Holman - "Whatever Happened to Our Melody?"
  • MARE 92 - The Elgins - "Heaven Must Have Sent You"
  • MARE 93 -
  • MARE 94 - Choker Campbell - "After Dark"
  • MARE 95 - Boys Town Gang - "Wanted for Murder" -
  • MARE 96 - C. P. Spencer - "One Heart for Hire"
  • MARE 97 - The Andantes - "Lightning Never Strikes Twice"
  • MARE 98 - Angie Gold - "Right Back in the Middle" -
  • MARE 99 - Richard "Popcorn" Wylie - "Love Is My Middle Name"
  • MARE 100 -
  • MARE 101 -
  • MARE 102 - Sylvia Moy - "Major Investment"
  • MARE 103 - Chuck Jackson - "All Over the World" - UK Pop: #85
  • MARE 104 - Hattie Littles - "Running a Fever"
  • MARE 105 - Marv Johnson - "Run Like a Rabbit"
  • MARE 106 - Ivy Jo Hunter - "Eyewitness News"
  • MARE 107 -
  • MARE 108 -
  • MARE 109 -
  • MARE 110 - Frankie Gaye and Kim Weston - "It Takes Two"
  • MARE 111 - Bobby Glenn - "Bad Connection"
  • MARE 112 -
  • MARE 113 - Rocq-e Harrell - "My Heart Keeps Beating Faster"
  • MARE 114 -
  • MARE 115 - Caroline Crawford - "Timeless"
  • MARE 116 - The Velvelettes - "Pull My Heartstrings"
  • MARE 117 - Earl Van Dyke - "Detroit City"

Motorcity">Motorcity Records">Motorcity 12" singles

Unissued singles are marked with for "not released".'
  • MOTC 1 - Billy Griffin - "First in Line"
  • MOTC 2 - Mary Wells - "You're the Answer to My Dreams"
  • MOTC 3 - Sisters Love - "No More Broken Hearts"
  • MOTC 4 - Syreeta - "If the Shoe Fits"
  • MOTC 5 - Sammy Ward - "If at First You Don't Succeed"
  • MOTC 6 - The Motorcity All Stars feat. Levi Stubbs - "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"
  • MOTC 7 - Mary Wilson - "Ooh Child"
  • MOTC 8 - The Fantastic Four - "Working on a Building of Love"
  • MOTC 9 - Carolyn Crawford - "Timeless"
  • MOTC 10 - Edwin Starr - "Let's Fall in Love Tonight"
  • MOTC 11 - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - "Step Into My Shoes"
  • MOTC 12 - Kim Weston - "Emotion"
  • MOTC 13 - Jean, Scherrie & Lynda of The Supremes - "Crazy 'Bout the Guy"
  • MOTC 14 - The Valadiers - "Truth Hurts"
  • MOTC 15 - Claudette Robinson - "Hurry Up"
  • MOTC 16 - The Marvelettes - "Holding On With Both Hands"
  • MOTC 17 - Freddie Gorman - "I Just Keep Falling in Love"
  • MOTC 18 - Joe Stubbs - "Destination Unknown"
  • MOTC 19 - G. C. Cameron - "It's a Shame"
  • MOTC 20 - The Contours - "Face Up to the Fact"
  • MOTC 21 - Johnny Bristol - "Man Up in the Sky"
  • MOTC 22 - The Monitors - "Standing Still"
  • MOTC 23 - Frankie Gaye - "Extraordinary Girl"
  • MOTC 24 - Frances Nero - "Footsteps Following Me" - UK Pop: #17
  • MOTC 25 - J. J. Barnes - "Build a Foundation"
  • MOTC 26 - Chuck Jackson - "Relight My Fire"
  • MOTC 27 - Chris Clark - "From Head to Toe"
  • MOTC 28 - Liz Lands - "Starting All Over Again"
  • MOTC 29 - Hattie Littles - "You're the First, the Last, My Everything"
  • MOTC 30 - Herman Griffin - "Not One Chance in a Million"
  • MOTC 31 - Rare Earth - "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
  • MOTC 32 - The Satintones - "Perfect Combination"
  • MOTC 33 - David Ruffin - "Hurt the One You Love"
  • MOTC 34 - Saundra Edwards - "Tell a Fool Goodbye"
  • MOTC 35 - Ronnie McNeir - "Keep On Giving Me Love" / "You're My Lucky Number"
  • MOTC 36 - Sherri Taylor - "Weakhearted"
  • MOTC 37 - Three Ounces of Love - "Newsy Neighbours"
  • MOTC 38 - Martha Reeves & G. C. Cameron - "You're All I Need to Get By"
  • MOTC 39 - Bettye LaVette - "Surrender" / "Time Won't Change This Love"
  • MOTC 40 - Lois Reeves - "Patience Is a Virtue"
  • MOTC 41 - Edwin Starr - "Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache" / "You Made a Believer Out of Me"
  • MOTC 42 - Jean, Scherrie & Lynda of The Supremes - "Stoned Love" / "Crazy 'Bout the Guy "
  • MOTC 43 - The Elgins - "It's Sensational" / "Take the Train"
  • MOTC 44 - Beans Bowles & The Swinging Tygers - "Motorcity Magic"
  • MOTC 45 - The Contours - "Running in Circles"
  • MOTC 46 - G. C. Cameron - "Good Times Up Ahead"
  • MOTC 47 - Johnny Bristol - "Keep This Thought in Mind"
  • MOTC 48 - Kim Weston - "My Heart's Not Made of Stone"
  • MOTC 49 - Lynda Laurence - "Living With a Married Man" / "If This World Were Mine"
  • MOTC 50 - Marv Johnson - "Come to Me"
  • MOTC 51 - The Velvelettes - "It Keeps Reminding Me " / "That's When the Tears Start"
  • MOTC 52 - The Miracles - "Love Machine"
  • MOTC 53 - The Undisputed Truth - "Law of the Land"
  • MOTC 54 - Barbara McNair - "Face to Face With Love"
  • MOTC 55 - Billy Preston & Syreeta - "Watching the Hands of Time"
  • MOTC 56 - Brenda Holloway - "Hot and Cold"
  • MOTC 57 - Earl Van Dyke - "Let the music take you away"
  • MOTC 58 - Jean, Scherrie & Lynda of The Supremes & The Originals - "Back By Popular demand"
  • MOTC 59 - Lovetones - "Turn this heart around" / "Fire alarm"
  • MOTC 60 - Mable John - "Time Stops"
  • MOTC 61 - The Miracles - "Fun Time"
  • MOTC 62 - P. J. - "Down for the Third Time"
  • MOTC 63 - Pete Hoorelbeke - "Talk to the World"
  • MOTC 64 - The Valadiers - "What's Wrong With Me Baby"
  • MOTC 65 - Vee - "You're My Loveline"
  • MOTC 66 - Susaye Greene - "Stop I Need You Now"
  • MOTC 67 - Edwin Starr - "25 Miles" / "You Made a Believer Out of Me"
  • MOTC 68 - Richard "Popcorn" Wylie - "See This Man in Love"
  • MOTC 69 - Frankie Gaye - "My Brother" / "Cross That Bridge"
  • MOTC 70 - Ortheia Barnes - "Without Your Love" / "Love Changes"
  • MOTC 71 - The Marvelettes - "Hey What's Your Name"
  • MOTC 72 - Billy Griffin - "Technicolour"
  • MOTC 73 - Linda Griner - "Too Late for Tears"
  • MOTC 74 - Vermettya Royster - "Give Me Your Love"
  • MOTC 75 - Hattie Littles - "Waiting for the Day"
  • MOTC 76 - Pat Lewis - "No Right Turn"
  • MOTC 77 - Jean, Scherrie & Lynda of The Supremes - "I Want to Be Loved"
  • MOTC 78 - Joe Stubbs - "You're My Eternity"
  • MOTC 79 - Susaye Greene - "Free"
  • MOTC 80 - Frances Nero - "Making My Daydream Real" / "Nowhere to Go But Up"
  • MOTC 81 - Ronnie McNeir - "Take the First Step" / "Wholeheartedly"
  • MOTC 82 - Edwin Starr - "Just Another Fool in Love" / "Writing On The Wall"
  • MOTC 83 - Bettye LaVette - "Good Luck"
  • MOTC 84 - Jake Jacas - "You Can't Turn Back"
  • MOTC 85 - Billy Preston - "You Are the Rhythm in My Life"
  • MOTC 86 - Hattie Littles - "I've Never Found a Man " / "Ten Per Cent"
  • MOTC 87 - J. J. Barnes - "I've Seen the Light"
  • MOTC 88 - The Supremes - "Hit and Miss"
  • MOTC 89 - G. C. Cameron - "No Need to Explain"
  • MOTC 90 - Frances Nero - "You're the Push Behind Me" / "Somebody's Eyes"
  • MOTC 91 - Ivy Jo Hunter - "Running Through My Fingers"
  • MOTC 92 - Barbara McNair - "Talking in My Sleep"
  • MOTC 93 - Billy Eckstine - "Got the Big City Blues"
  • MOTC 94 - Scherrie Payne - "One More Time" / "Who's Wrong Who's Right"
  • MOTC 95 - Blinky - "Good for Nothing"
  • MOTC 96 - Karen Pree - "Girl With a Broken Heart"
  • MOTC 97 - Billy Griffin - "True Confessions"
  • MOTC 98 - Three Ounces of Love - "Evil One" / "Pain Reliever"
  • MOTC 99 - Frankie Gaye - "I Feel It Too" / "Chrystal Ball"
  • MOTC 100 - Various Artists - "Don't Forget the Motorcity"
  • MOTC 101 - Jake Jacas - "Two Way Street"
  • MOTC 102 - Ronnie McNeir - "Ten Times a Day"
  • MOTC 103 - Barbara Randolph - "Soul Searching" / "Save Me Now"
  • MOTC 104 - Edwin Starr - "Where Is the Sound"
  • MOTC 105 - Pat Lewis - " Sweetest Feeling" / "City Lights"
  • MOTC 106 - The Marvelettes - "Secret Love Affair" / "Just in the Nick of Time"
  • MOTC 107 - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - "Angel in Disguise"
  • MOTC 108 - Saundra Edwards - "Lovestruck" / "Tow-Away Zone"
  • MOTC 109 - Lynda Laurence - "Fresh Out of Tears"
  • MOTC 110 - J. J. Barnes - "On Top of the World"
  • MOTC 111 - The Originals - "Take the Only Way Out"
  • MOTC 112 - Sisters Love - "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning"
  • MOTC 113 - Linda Griner - "Not This Time"
  • MOTC 114 - Edwin Starr - "Darling Darling Baby" / "Wait for Me"
  • MOTC 115 - The Contours - "Heaven Sent"
  • MOTC 116 - Marv Johnson - "It's Magic Between Us"
  • MOTC 117 - Mary Wells - "Walk the City Streets"
  • MOTC 118 - The Andantes - "All Around the Motorcity"
  • MOTC 119 - Jake Jacas - "Don't Know When to Dance"