レディ・フォー・ザ・ワールド (Ready for the World)

Ready for the World
Ready for the World is a R&B / funk / dance band from Flint, Michigan, who scored several big pop, soul, and dance hits in the mid to late 1980s. Founded by Melvin Riley and Gordon Strozier in Flint, Michigan.

They had performed throughtout Flint at high school talent shows and were discovered by WJLB Detroit Radio personality The Incredible DJ MOJO in 1982. They gained regional notoriety with their first release "Tonight" in 1983. "Tonight" was an underground hit in Flint and Detroit which helped garner them national prominence shortly after their signing under the MCA label.

Ready for the World recorded their album Ready for the World during 1984 in Flint, Michigan under the production of Bernard Terry. The album showed influences by, and is often compared to the work of Prince from around the same period - in particular the vocal style of Melvin Riley shared many similarities with the aforementioned...
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