Ready for Your Love (Chapter 8 song)
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| "Ready for Your Love" | |
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| Single by Chapter 8 | |
| from the album Chapter 8 | |
| Released | 1979 |
| Genre | R&B |
| Label | Ariola Records |
"Ready for Your Love" is a song by Chapter 8 from their self-titled album and the group's first hit on the R&B chart in the United States.[1] The single, written by bassist David Washington, is mainly remembered for prefiguring the solo career of Anita Baker in a duet with band mate Gerald Lyles, backed by Michael Powell on guitar and Courtten Hale on sax.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Joel Whitburn - The Billboard Book of Top 40 R & B and Hip-hop Hits 0823082830 2006 - Page 96 "CHAPTER 8 Group from Detroit, Michigan: Anita Baker (female vocals), Gerald Lyles (male vocals), Michael Powell (guitar), Courrlen Hale ... Ready For Your Love Ariola America 7763 Capitol 44170 2."
- ↑ Dave Marsh, John Swenson The new Rolling stone record guide1983 p90 "Ready for Your Love" came close to being a hit, but that's about it, unless you're obsessed with overly mellow funk groups."
- ↑ Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton Rock stars encyclopedia 1999 p58 "Ready For Your Love, Don 't You Like It and Chapter 8 with the group before quitting the line-up in 1980 to settle into an office job in Detroit while simultaneously looking for a solo recording deal, which she finally secures with US independent ..."
- ↑ David Nathan The soulful divas: personal portraits of over a dozen ... 1999 p348 "album hit the streets in the fall of 1979 and yielded two R&B chart singles, "Ready for Your Love" and "l Just Want to Be Your Girl."
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