Born Melvin Charles Riley Jr. but performs under the name Melvin Riley as lead singer of Multi-Platinum Band Ready for the World. Singer, musician, producer and songwriter Melvin wrote hits like ("Oh Sheila," "Love You Down," "Tonight," "Ceramic Girl," "Slide Over," "Deep Inside Your Love," "My Girly," "Can He Do It Like This" and a host of Billboard top charting hits for the band) Melvin later went on to launch his solo career signing to Universal/MCA producing and writing the Top 10 hit “Whose is It” which created album success and a production career which lead to the opportunity in writing and producing the Top Ten R&B hit for 4 By Four ("Come Over," that landed at number ten on the R&B chart in 1987).
Melvin Riley became an MCA solo artist charting with "Whose Is It" and "What Makes a Man (Wanna Cheat on His Woman)" from his Ghetto Love CD. Riley's Bedroom Stories on Bogard Entertainment. This brought astounding success to Melvin Riley and set the mark for him as a legend in his own rights in the music industry.
Melvin Riley has gained the respect of many artist in the music industry with them remaking his songs such as; Usher’s remake of "Love you Down" 2016, Trey Songs remake of "Tonight", Twista remake of "Tonight", Inoj and Little John’s remake of "Love You Down", Luke’s remake of “Oh Sheila", Chris Brown’s remake of "Love You Down" and a plethora of national recording artist remaking Melvin’s Lyrics and music.