Barbara Mason

Barbara Mason (born August 9, 1947) is an American soul singer with several R&B and pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her self-written 1965 hit song "Yes, I'm Ready". As a performer she had a major hit single with her third release in 1965, "Yes, I'm Ready" (number 5 pop, number 2 R&B).

After scoring two more top ten R&B hits from her 1975 album, Love's the Thing, Mason left Buddah Records and signed with a succession of smaller labels. She continued to reach the charts periodically with more moderate hits. They included "I Am Your Woman, She Is Your Wife", Mason was still performing to sold-out audiences in 2016. Her most recent show was at the Terrance Theater in Long Beach, California. Mason was inducted into the Soul Music Hall of Fame on March 1, 2016.

Discography Studio albums Year Album Peak chart positions Record label US USR&B 1964 "Trouble Child"b/w "Dedicated to You" (Non-album track) — — —Yes, I'm Ready 1965 "Girls Have Feelings Too"b/w "Come to Me" — 31 — "Yes, I'm Ready"b/w "Keep Him" 5 2 — "Sad, Sad Girl"b/w "Come to Me" 27 12 — "If You Don't (Love Me, Tell Me So)"b/w "You Got What It Takes" (from Yes, I'm Ready) 85 — —Oh, How It Hurts 1966 "Is It Me?"b/w "Don't Ever Want to Lose Your Love" (Non-album track) 97 — — "I Need Love"b/w "Bobby Is My Baby" (Non-album track) 98 25 — "Poor Girl in Trouble"b/w "Hello Baby" (Non-album track) — — — 1967 "You Can Depend on Me"b/w "Game of Love" — — — "Oh, How It Hurts"b/w "Ain't Got Nobody" (Non-album track) 59 11 — 1968 "I Don't Want to Lose You"b/w "Dedicated to the One I Love" (Non-album track) — — — "(I Can Feel Your Love) Slipping Away"b/w "Half a Love" 97 — —Non-album tracks "I'm No Good for You"b/w "Don't Ever Go Away" — — — 1969 "Take It Easy (With My Heart)"b/w "You Never Loved Me (At All)" — — — "Happy Girl"b/w "You Better Stop It" — — — 1970 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" / 112 38 —If You Knew Him Like I Do "If You Knew Him Like I Do" — "Just a Little Lovin'"b/w "Yes, It's You" — — — "When You Look at Me"b/w "I Should Be Leaving You" — — —Non-album tracks "I Can't Help It"b/w "Jean (Gene)" (from If You Knew Him Like I Do) — — — 1971 "Pow Pow Song (Sorry Sorry Baby)"b/w "Your Old Flame" (from If You Knew Him Like I Do) — — — "Hooked on a Feeling"b/w "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (from If You Knew Him Like I Do) — — — 1972 "Bed and Board"b/w "Yes, It's You" (from If You Knew Him Like I Do) 70 24 —Give Me Your Love "Woman and Man"b/w "Who Will Hurt You Next" (from Give Me Your Love) — — —Non-album track "Give Me Your Love"b/w "You Can Be with the One You Don't Love" 31 9 —Give Me Your Love 1973 "Yes, I'm Ready" (re-recorded version)b/w "Who Will Hurt You Next" 125 — — "Children of Tomorrow"b/w "Out of This World" (from Give Me Your Love) — 79 —Non-album track "Caught in the Middle (of a One Sided Love Affair)"b/w "Give Him Up" (Non-album track) — — —Lady Love 1974 "World War Three"b/w "I Miss You Gordon" — — — "The Devil Is Busy"b/w "All in Love Is Fair" (from Lady Love) — — —Transition "Half Brother, Half Sister"b/w "Our Day Will Come" (Non-album track) — — — "From His Woman to You"b/w "When You Wake Up in Georgia" (Non-album track) 28 3 —Love's the Thing 1975 "Shackin' Up"b/w "(There's) One Man Between Us" 91 9 — "We Got Each Other" (with the Futures) — 38 —Non-album tracks "Make It Last" (with the Futures) — 35 — 1977 "Love Song"b/w "Locked in This Position"Both sides with Bunny Sigler — — —Locked in This Position 1978 "I Am Your Woman, She Is Your Wife"b/w "Take Me Tonight" — 14 —I Am Your Woman, She Is Your Wife "Darling Come Back Home"b/w "It Was You Boy" — — — 1980 "I'll Never Love The Same Way Twice"b/w "You Did Not Stay Last Night" — 54 —A Piece of My Life 1981 "She's Got the Papers (But I Got the Man)"—Part 1b/w Part 2 — 29 —Non-album tracks "On and Off"b/w "You're All Inside of Me" — — —A Piece of My Life 1984 "Another Man" b/w "Another Man" (Rap) — 68 45Tied Up "Don't I Ever Cross Your Mind Sometime" b/w "Don't I Ever Cross Your Mind Sometime" (instrumental) — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.