Rare Earth: Get Ready (Robinson, 1966)

Smokey Robinson composed the hit song "Get Ready"; the version by The Temptations (for whom the song was written) which in 1966 reached #29 in the US, and a subsequent rendition by the Motown rock band Rare Earth, whose 1969 version (as a 45 RPM single) rose to #4 the following year. Rare Earth's version of "Get Ready" was the band's first recording for Motown, and was based upon a version of the song it performed as the closing numbers to their live performances. In the live show, each member of the band performed a solo, resulting in a twenty-one minute rendition of the song. Rare Earth: lead vocals, Pete Rivera; vackground vocals, Gil Bridges and Rod Richards; instrumentation, Gil Bridges (saxophone), Pete Rivera (drums), John Parrish (bass guitar), Rod Richards (guitar), and Kenny James (keyboards).
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Het nummer in kwestie werd vele malen gecoverd. De meest succesvolle was de versie van Rare Earth. Hun cover deed het zelfs veel beter dan het origineel met een #4 notering op de poplijst. Alhoewel de band wist dat ze een hit met "Get Ready" hadden, besloot Motown eerst "Generation, Light Up The Sky" uit te brengen. Toen dit geen succes bleek te zijn werd "Get Ready" als nog uitgebracht, met het grote succes als volgt. Overigens de albumversie van Rare Earth duur maar liefst 21:06 minuten, maar de singleversie is ingekort tot 2:48 minuten.
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Smokey Robinson, właściwie William Robinson (ur. 19 lutego 1940 Detroit Michigan) - amerykański piosenkarz popowy. Jeden z pionierów gatunków rytm and blues, soul i urban. Jeden z najwybitniejszych artystów, kompozytorów i producentów firmy Motown. Robinson obdarzony bardzo czystym, wysokim tenorem, rozpoczął swą karierę śpiewając w grupie wokalnej Matadores, by wkrótce rozpocząć solową karierę. Robinson śpiewał przy akompaniamencie własnej grupy wokalnej The Miracles.
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В 1967 г в преддверии начала сольной карьеры Робинсон переименовал свой коллектив в Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, однако окончательное его расставание с группой состоялось только пять лет спустя. Между тем в 1970 г исполнение Робинсоном и товарищами трогательной мелодии Стиви Уандера «The Tears of a Clown» принесло им долгожданный суперхит, возглавивший Billboard Hot 100 и хит-парад Великобритании.

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[powergirl901]

Robinson actually married into the Gordy family, so he became a deep stock holder...ah, so to speak. He was a worthy addition because he did everything Motown needed: song writing, singing, playing, dancing...

[davidhertzberg]

@powergirl901 Thanks, I appreciate you writing. I have not listened to it for a couple of years and you're right, it sounds great! best, david (from my other channel)

[powergirl901]

So far, this is the best sounding thing I've ever heard. I was on You Tube in 2006 and haven't heard it this good. Congrats!

[MOHnique]

super muziek!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BadNews88]

Excellent...

One thing though:

Rare Earth's stellar version of this didn't come out "the following year", but rather in Summer of 1969, when their Eponymous MOTOWN imprint was launched.