1979 Teri DeSario & HW Casey – Yes, I’m Ready (US:#2)
“Yes, I’m Ready” a song by Barbara Mason from her album Yes, I’m Ready (1965). It has been covered by numerous artists, and was a hit single for Teri DeSario and K.C. when they recorded a duet version in 1979.
DeSario, a vocalist from Miami, Florida, was a high school classmate of Harry Wayne Casey, best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter for KC and the Sunshine Band. Casey liked the original recording and wanted to record a cover version of the song, and he was producing DeSario’s second studio album, Moonlight Madness, for Casablanca Records. Neil Bogart, president of the record label, had an idea to record the song as a duet,and it was the first single released from the album in late 1979. Their version of the song spent two weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1980, kept from the summit by “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by the rock group Queen. It also spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and reached No. 20 on the Billboard R&B chart, earning Gold Record certification from the RIAA.
Album
Moonlight Madness (Casablanca Records and Filmworks Inc. NBLP-7178) is the second studio album by singer Teri DeSario. It includes the hit single “Yes, I’m Ready”, a duet with K.C. of KC and the Sunshine Band. The album contains mostly disco music, including “Dancin’ in The Streets” and “I’m Ready” Tracks 1 Moonlight Madness (Bill Purse, […]
Musicians
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Produced By
Harry Wayne Casey
Songwriters
Barbara Mason
Charts
US:# 2
UK:# –