Success
In 1985, the band signed to the Steven Machat-Rick Smith management company AMI, the agreement with MCA was redrawn and promotion and marketing dollars were committed to break the group. This proved successful as the group was steered to #1 on the US pop charts as well as top five in all the Western European countries and Australia, with their best-known hit "Oh Sheila,". This song in the US went to #1 on the R&B, Pop Charts, and the Hot Dance Club Play charts that year, becoming the first ever single to hold the #1 spot on all three of these charts simultaneously. The song "Digital Display" followed and hit #21. The band was known for having the very wettest Jheri curl in the industry, a hairstyle that was very popular at the time.
In 1986, the band released their second album, Long Time Coming, which returned them to the Top 10 on the pop charts with the slow jam, "Love You Down", which peaked at #9.
Ready for the World went on to release several more albums which failed to capture the success of the group's first two releases, and as a result, they disbanded in 1991.
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