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I'm Ready for Love
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Wikipedia article
"'I'm Ready for Love'" is a 1966 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. The song, produced and written by HollandDozierHolland, and was written in a similar style to The Supremes' smash hit, "You Can't Hurry Love".
Background
The song, which has the narrator longing to be in love with her object of affectionThe Vandellas' version was issued as the first official release off the group's 1966 album, 'Watchout!', though the album's actual first single, the emotive ballad "What Am I Going to Do Without Your Love" bombed on the chart. This song renewed the Vandellas' popularity among mainstream audiences with its top ten showing.
'Cash Box' said that it is a "hard driving rocker has the girls spilling out a potent, effective romance lyric in a mood that should have every dancer who spins the disk on the floor."
Personnel
* Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
* Background vocals by the Andantes: Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks and Louvain Demps
* Instrumental track recorded in Los Angeles on August 12, 1966
* Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
* Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland, Jr.
Chart performance
Scoring their biggest hit since "Nowhere to Run", rose to #9 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and #2 on 'Billboard's Hot R&B singles chart. "I'm Ready For Love" was also was a chart hit for the group in the UK where the song peaked at number twenty-two on the chart.
Other recordings
*Other than the Vandellas, The Temptations also recorded a version of this song that was released on their 1967 album 'In A Mellow Mood'.
References
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