COLLECTION ANITA WARD

Avant de signer un contrat d'enregistrement, Anita Ward a obtenu un diplôme en psychologie, à Holly Springs dans le Mississippi, et est devenue enseignante. Lors de l'enregistrement de son premier album, Frederick Knight propriétaire d'une maison de disques, lui présente une chanson écrite l'année précédente pour la chanteuse Stacy Lattisaw. Cette chanson ne plait pas à Ward mais Knight insiste sur le fait qu'une chanson disco est nécessaire pour tirer parti de la tendance actuelle. La chanson, qui est à l'origine ciblée sur les adolescents, a été réécrite avec plus de paroles "adultes". "Ring My Bell" atteint alors la place de numéro un au Canada, aux États-Unis, et au Royaume-Uni en 1979. Des différends avec Frederick Knight, un accident de voiture[réf. nécessaire], et la disparition progressive de la Before signing a recording contract, Ward obtained a degree in psychology from Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and had become a schoolteacher. While recording her debut album, record label owner Frederick Knight presented her with a song he had written the previous year for Stacy Lattisaw. Ward did not like the song, but Knight insisted that a dance track was needed to capitalize on the current disco trend, and Ward relented. The song, which was originally a juvenile targeted tune about teens talking on the telephone, was rewritten with more 'adult' lyrics, and the result was the single "Ring My Bell". The single reached number one in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom in 1979.[1] Disputes with Frederick Knight, a car accident, and the fading appeal of disco music halted Ward's career, and she came to be regarded as a one-hit wonder. Only one other single of hers made the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S., "Don't Drop My Love," which halted at #87.

On New Year's Eve 2002 she performed "Ring My Bell" in New York City's Times Square before a crowd of revelers as part of the city's official celebration. On New Year's Eve 2005, Ward performed in Memphis, Tennessee at Beale Street. She sang "Ring My Bell" and several other disco hits.

She has also appeared in Zagreb, Croatia on January 4, 2006, the night before the FIS World Cup slalom race on nearby Sljeme, with some other groups and singers from disco era; (Nile Rodgers and Chic, Village People, Thelma Houston and Rose Royce).


Anita Ward - Ring My Bell - 1979


1 . Ring My Bell
2 . I'm Ready For Your Love
3 . Curtains Go Up
4 . This Must Be Love
5 . You Lied
6 . Sweet Splendour
7 . There's No Doubt About It
8 . Make Believe Lovers
9 . If I Could Feel That Old Feeling Again
10 . Spoiled By Your Love
11 . I Won't Stop Loving You

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