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Anita Ward (born December 20, 1956, Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis, Tennessee) is an United States|African-American singer. She is best known for her 1979 million selling chart-topper, "Ring My Bell".
Career
Before signing a recording contract, Ward obtained a degree in psychology from Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi|Holly Springs, Mississippi, and had become a teacher|schoolteacher. While sound recording and reproduction|recording her debut album, record label owner Frederick Knight presented her with a song he had songwriter|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 adolescence|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 chart-topper|number one in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom in 1979.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| pages= p. 591
| id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5</ref> Disputes with Frederick Knight, a car accid... read all
