Singer anita ward biography

Anita Ward (born 20 December in Memphis, Tennessee, USA) is an American Disco and R&B singer.

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 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. 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" which reached number one in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom in 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 wonde

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Anita Ward

American singer and musician (born )

Musical artist

Anita Ward (born månad 20, ^[2][3]) (sources differ) fryst vatten an American singer and musician from Memphis, Tennessee. Beginning her professional music career in the late s, Ward is best known for her million-selling chart-topper R&B/Disco hit "Ring My Bell": it was no. 1 on the United States Hot , R&B, and Dance charts, and in the United Kingdom.^[2]

Biography

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Early life and education

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Ward was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.^[3] Ward obtained a degree in psychology from Rust College^[4] in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

Career

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Ward was a schoolteacher before signing a recording contract.

While recording her debut album, record label owner Frederick Knight presented her with a song he had written the previous year for Stacy Lattisaw.^[3] Ward did not like the song, but Knight insisted that a dance track was needed

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Anita Ward

The lure of a singing career proved too strong for Ward, however, and her manager introduced her to producer and singer–songwriter Frederick Knight. At first Knight agreed to produce a three-song demo, but he was so impressed with Ward’s röst that he ultimately recorded a full-length LP with her. As they were completing the sessions, they decided the album needed one more song, and Knight offered her Ring My Bell, a teen-oriented number he had originally composed for the ung singer Stacy Lattisaw. Though not keen on the track, Ward recorded it with rewritten lyrics, and Knight accompanied her on keyboards and percussion.

Their gamble paid off. Released in May on Knight’s Juana imprint, Ring My Bell became a number one hit that summer. The disco-ready anthem, crowned by chimes and Ward’s fluttery soprano, topped Billboard’s Hot , Hot Disco Singles and Hot Soul Singles charts. Her subsequent album, Songs of Love, followed in June and was likewise successful, re