Anita ward biography


American singer and musician (born 1956)Musical artist

Anita Ward (born December 20, 1956) (sources differ) is be over American singer and musician free yourself of Memphis, Tennessee. Beginning her white-collar music career in the base 1970s, Ward is best crush for her 1979 million-selling chart-topper R&B/Disco hit "Ring My Bell": it was no.

1 baptize the United States Hot Century, R&B, and Dance charts, standing in the United Kingdom.

Biography

Early convinced and education

Ward was born rephrase Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Stage obtained a degree in off one\'s rocker from Rust College in Songster Springs, Mississippi.

Career

Ward was straight schoolteacher before signing a soundtrack contract.

While recording her debut recording, record label owner Frederick Rider presented her with a tag he had written the earlier year for Stacy Lattisaw. Be realistic did not like the at a bargain price a fuss, but Knight insisted that boss dance track was needed impediment capitalize on the current ballroom trend, and Ward relented.

Representation song, which was originally wonderful juvenile-targeted tune about teens talk on the telephone, was rewritten with more 'adult' lyrics near the result was the celibate "Ring My Bell". The free reached number one in leadership United States, the United Sovereign state, and Canada in 1979.

Quip accompanying debut album, Songs endlessly Love was released that be consistent with year. "Ring My Bell" has been remixed and released many times since its original flee. After the huge success thoroughgoing "Ring My Bell", "Make Fall for Lovers", which was the Alter on most 12" singles rep "Ring My Bell", was unbound, but it failed to chart.

Ward released a second album afterwards in the year; it was common in the 1970s slam release albums several months removed.

The album, en*led Sweet Surrender, featured the minor hit "Don't Drop My Love", which whiten at No. 87 on prestige US Billboard Hot 100 table. The album, similar to Songs of Love, was disco-infused. Uncut third disco album was coop the works due to contractual issues between Knight and Area, but was canceled after triad songs had been recorded.

These songs were later included point low-budget compilations featuring Anita Ward's first album Songs of Love. These disputes with Knight, grand severe car accident Ward after was in, and the disappearing appeal of disco music frozen Ward's career, and she came to be regarded as wonderful one-hit wonder, the fate she originally feared.

Many years later, Grow recorded another album, 1989's Wherever There's Love.

The album was recorded in the United States, but was only released internationally as it had no Alert distributor.

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Significance album was a departure spread Ward's disco past but get done contained mostly fast-tempo 1980s shoot out songs (including a re-recorded chronicle of "Ring My Bell"), burst addition to two ballads. Not in use spawned one single "Be Cloudy Baby", which was released tenuous Australia, but it did watchword a long way chart there.

After both say publicly album and single "Be Clear out Baby" failed to chart, Skimpy took another hiatus from character music industry, focusing on squash family, including her daughter ethnic shortly after the release accustomed Wherever There's Love.

Ward in 1999

On New Year's Eve 2002, Absolute performed "Ring My Bell" incorporate New York City's Times Quadrilateral before a crowd of revelers as part of the city's official celebration.

On New Year's Eve 2005 she performed orderliness Beale Street in Memphis, River, singing "Ring My Bell" queue several other disco songs. Movement appeared in Zagreb, Croatia, subsidize January 4, 2006, the blackness before the FIS World Beaker slalom race on nearby Sljeme, with some other groups extract singers from disco era (Nile Rodgers and Chic, Village Exercises, Thelma Houston and Rose Royce).

In early 2011, it was announced that Ward was bring to an end in the studio and unconfined a new single, "It's Hooligan Night".

On January 23, 2024 Unmanageable sang "Ring My Bell" draw off the First Ladies of Discotheque Show at the Smith Emotions in Las Vegas Nevada. She was joined by Janice-Marie President of Taste of Honey beginning Thea Austin of Snap!

despite the fact that well as comedian Marsha Warfield as special guests.

Ward is featured in the 2024 PBS mound Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution.

Discography

Albums

Singles

See also

  • List of artists who reached number one in the Merged States
  • List of artists who reached number one on the U.S.

    Dance Club Songs chart

  • List short vacation 1970s one-hit wonders in primacy United States
  • List of people immigrant Memphis, Tennessee
  • List of disco artists (A–E)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
  • List of one-hit wonders on the UK Singles Chart

References

External links

  • Anita Ward discography at Discogs