Ready, Willing, and Able (1954 song)

"Ready, Willing, and Able"
Single by Doris Day
B-side"Hold Me in Your Arms"
Released1954
Length2:26
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston, and Dick Gleason

"Ready, Willing, and Able" is a popular song written by Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston, and Dick Gleason.[1] The song was performed by Doris Day in the 1954 musical film Young at Heart,[2] The song was released in November 1954 together with "Hold Me in Your Arms", both from the same film.[3]

The song is included on the soundtrack album from the movie. Doris Day's recording reached No. 7 on the UK chart in 1955.[4]

The song was also recorded by Eve Boswell in the United Kingdom, in a version where she gets the lyric wrong and as a result loses a rhyme.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Bruce Pollock, Nat Shapiro, ed. (1950). Popular Music: An Annotated Index of American Popular Songs · Volume 1. Adrian Press. p. 123.
  2. ^ Young, Christopher (1977). The Films of Doris Day. Citadel Press. p. 141. ISBN 9780806505831.
  3. ^ "Review Spotlight On..." Billboard. November 14, 1954. p. 39, 68.
  4. ^ "Doris Day". The Official Charts Company.