Side A1 "Ring My Bell" (Ring-a-Ling Mix) – 6:12.The song peaked at number 5 on the ARIA Charts and was certified gold by ARIA. It was released in 1989 as her debut single. " Ring My Bell" was covered by New Zealand-born Australian pop singer Collette. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Although Ward rarely recorded – she released a single in 2011 – she continued to perform into the 2010s.All-time charts Chart (1958-2018) They surfaced on various Ward anthologies released during the following decades. A few songs were recorded during sessions for a third album abandoned prior to completion. A subsequent single, "Don't Drop My Love" – taken from the quick-to-follow second album Sweet Surrender – peaked at only number 87. That summer, it topped Billboard's Hot 100 and remained on that chart for five months. It didn't take long for "Ring My Bell" to scale the charts. It resulted in a recording contract with the T.K.-affiliated Juana label, and the release of Ward's debut album, Songs of Love, in 1979. Recorded over the course of two days, "Ring My Bell" turned out to be the best track of the bunch. Still, she agreed to record it, with Knight providing most of the musical accompaniment. The song's original lyrics dealt with teens chatting away on the phone and even though Knight gave the track a quick lyrical overhaul, Ward was less than enthusiastic about the song. Knight signed on to help produce a three-song demo session with Ward, but once the tape was rolling, Knight became so taken by Ward's singing ability that the sessions soon produced an album's worth of material.Īfter listening to what they'd recorded, both agreed that they were still one song short, which resulted in Knight digging up an old track titled "Ring My Bell," which he had originally penned for a younger singer, Stacy Lattisaw (who would later score several hits in the early '80s). It wasn't long before Ward realized music was too much a part of her life to ignore, and her manager put her in contact with singer/songwriter Frederick Knight (who had scored a substantial hit in the summer of 1972 with "I've Been Lonely for So Long"). After graduation, however, Ward didn't set out to pursue a career in music and instead became a substitute teacher in the Memphis elementary school system. She went on to sing with the Rust College A Cappella Choir (which included recording alongside renowned Metropolitan Opera vocalist Leontyne Price), and recorded an obscure album with her own gospel quartet. Born on Decemin Memphis, Tennessee, Ward developed an interest in music – particularly gospel – at an early age. Singer Anita Ward is most well-known for her 1979 disco single "Ring My Bell," a number one pop hit in the U.S. She has also appeared in Zagreb, Croatia on 4 January 2006, the night before the FIS World Cup slalom race on nearby Sljeme with some other groups and singers from disco era (Nile Rodgers & Chic, Village People, Thelma Houston and Rose Royce).
She sang her number one classic hit "Ring My Bell" and several other disco hits. On New Years's Eve 2005, Anita performed in Memphis, Tennessee at Backstreet. 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. Only one other single of hers made the Billboard charts in the U.S., "Don't Drop My Love," which halted at #87.
Disputes with 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. 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" which reached number one in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom in 1979. 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. While recording her first album (on Juana records) Frederick Knight, who owned the label, presented her with a song he had written the previous year for singer Stacy Lattisaw. Anita Ward (born 20 December 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA) is an American Disco and R&B singer.īefore signing a recording contract, Ward obtained a degree in psychology from Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and had become a schoolteacher.
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