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Barbara Mason

Yes, I’m Ready

1965 · via The Notorious B.I.G.

Barbara Mason wrote “Yes, I’m Ready” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1965. Also recorded by Maureen McGovern (released 1979), The Royalettes (released 1995) and Teri DeSario (released 2000), among 43 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready to Die” (1994) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Barbara Mason wrote "Yes, I'm Ready" herself and cut it first back in 1965. Funny thing, the grimmest title on that debut runs on a song whose whole point is saying yes.

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Liner notes

Credited writer: Barbara Mason.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1965.

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The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready to Die” (1994) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

43 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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