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The rock band Rare Earth regularly played "Get Ready" in concert, where it was a popular staple of their live performances, and recorded a version for their 1968 Verve release, Dreams/Answers. [5] After signing with Motown , executive Barney Ales asked the band to re-record the song for their first release on Motown's then-unnamed rock ...
The new recording of "Get Ready" was edited down to 2:46 for a single, which was given a Tamla Motown release in the UK, the only release by the band to appear on Motown itself, and unlike the Temptations' version, Rare Earth's recording was a success on the pop chart. [3] The single peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. [4]
Rare Earth is an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan. According to Louder, "Rare Earth's music straddles genres and defies categorisation, slipping seamlessly between the two seemingly disparate worlds of classic rock and R&B." [6] The band was signed to Motown's subsidiary label Rare Earth. Although not the first white band signed to ...
In 1970, the funk rock hitmakers scored their first #1 song in "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)," and by 1972, they recorded two more ("Joy to the World" and "Black and White").
The Classic Rock All-Stars is a supergroup composed of hit-making artists in the 1960s and 1970s. The band has performed a variety of classic hits live often at outdoor festivals, since forming in 1992. The hit song "Get Ready" typically kicked off the live show showcasing Pete Rivera's (also known as: Peter Hoorelbeke) lead vocals while drumming.
The song was featured on the episode "Heads Will Roll", of the television series Ballers [26] [27] and in the television series, Euphoria in season 1. "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)" The Jackson 5 covered the song on their 1970 album Third Album.
The Generation Gap (song) Get Ready (The Temptations song) Let's Get Together (Chet Powers song) Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine; Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved; The Ghetto (Donny Hathaway song) Girlie (song) The Girls' Song; God, Love and Rock & Roll; Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got; Good Morning Freedom; A Good Year for the Roses
"Get Ready" Rare Earth: 4 June 13 5 "Make Me Smile" Chicago: 9 June 6 2 June 13 "The Love You Save" The Jackson 5: 1 June 27 9 June 20 "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" Three Dog Night: 1 July 11 9 "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" The Temptations: 3 June 27 9 "Hitchin' a Ride" Vanity Fare: 5 June 27 4 "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"