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Ready For The World
"Ready for the World" is back and Ready to perform at your next special event!
Perhaps the most successful R&B group of the '80s known for their hair (second only to Prince and the Revolution) was Ready for the World, six schoolmates from Flint, Michigan who shared a love for funky music, trendy clothes and curl activator.
The band, which consist of Riley, John Eaton on bass, Greg Potts on keyboards, Gordon Strozier on lead guitar, Willie Triplett, Jr. on percussion and Gerald Valentine on drums, personified 1980s R&B. Drawing on their rock influences as well as their obvious Prince influence, they captivated the female portion of R&B's audience with their guitar-laden ballads
Songs like their breakthrough smash "Tonight" (from their 1985 debut Ready for the World), about a girl's first sexual experience, with Riley's moaning/whining "Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh / Girl," - "Tonight" hook caused many an adolescent female to swoon and many outraged parents to complain. The follow-up single, "Deep Inside Your Love", just secured their spot in the hearts of those same adolescent girls. "Oh Sheila", also from the debut album, was the tune that put the group over the top and into platinum status. This was their first #1 single, and remains their most popular song to this day.
Their follow-up LP, 1986's Long Time Coming, contained the chart-topper "Love You Down" - another ballad, this time about a May/December romance. RFTW also released, Ruff 'N Ready (1988) and Straight Down To Business (1991).
Ready for the World , which includes all 6 original member have a new single called Black & Mild and are touring the United States.!
Super 80's and R&B group Ready For The World is now available for your next corporate or special event - click here to get started today!
