Anita Ward is an American singer who made history with only one title.
But what a title : "Ring my bell" released in 1979, cult single and emblematic of the Disco period.
Originally, Anita Ward was a teacher before becoming a singer.
Producer Frederic Knight offers this song, originally planned for Stacy Lattisaw.
Song that was supposed to hit the teenage target, but Knight rewrote it with more daring lyrics (in fact, the song is about sex).
The singer is not very enthusiastic but records it anyway.
And it's a huge planetary success !
She will experience another success thereafter, meanwhile, more modest, with the title "Don’t drop my love".
She quickly stopped her singing career for lack of success to return to her first love, namely teaching.
To discover or rediscover...
Discography (among others ...) :
70s Decade :
• If I could feel tha told feeling again 1979
• Spoiled by your love 1979
• I won't stop loving you 1979
• You lied 1979
• Ring my bell 1979
• Make believe lovers 1979
• Don’t drop my love 1979
• Forever green 1979
• I go crazy 1979
80s Decade :
• Can't Nobody Love Me Like You Do 1980
• Cover me 1981
• Be my babe 1989
• All the money in the world 1989
• Have I got a girl for you 1989
• Someone like you 1989
2010s Decade :
• It's my night 2011
• I love the night life 2014
• Holly night 2016
• Another bad mistake 2016
2020s Decade :
Stayin' alive 2023
Tracks :
1979...a fine start to her career which in no way suggests that she will obtain fame and fortune in the end with a title...100 % Dance !
1979...what is certain is that this young singer has potential and it is clear that she will end up producing at least 1 title that will set her apart from the crowd...
1979...a potential that is evidently expressed on each track on her first album. Obviously a harbinger of great things to come...
1979...for the 'emotional' part she quickly proved that she had everything it took to shine in a certain way. It now remains to show that she can also accelerate the tempo...
1979...it's now done with this HUGE title which will raise her One Shot to the rank of global star. Here she quite simply signs one of the most famous titles of the late 70s and of the 20th century altogether. MO-NU-MEN-TAL !
1979 ... a continuation my faith very sympathetic. But how to compete with the previous gem, mission almost impossible. Race results : full unscrewing in the Charts ...
1979 ... a year which ends happily in style with a full DISCO title which allows her to return to success. But which will already be her last unfortunately ...
1979...an incredible year 1979 in every way in terms of highlighting the singer with a plethora of titles and quality on all levels. What ask for more...
1979...in just one year she achieved the incredible feat of inscribing her name in the musical Pantheon of the end of the 20th century. Quite a feat !
1980 ... welcome to the next decade, Anita adapts. No more Disco, long live funk ! But that will not be enough to stop its gradual disappearance from radars ...
1981...an adventure which got off to a flying start but which will only last a few years in the end. Cruel fate...
1989...when we thought we would never see her again, here she is back at the very end of the decade. A comeback which will unfortunately achieve almost nothing on the Charts side. When it no longer wants, it no longer wants !
1989...which is not going to prevent us from enjoying this new opus to the end because there is still quality in it all...
1989...of course she will never regain the incredible level that was hers 10 years before but she will at least have tried...
1989...as in music nothing is ever finished the miracle could have happened and a return to the forefront possible. This will not be the case unfortunately...
2011...there we are going to completely lose her for almost 20 years but here she is again in a totally and above all unexpected way...
2014...her personal version of Alicia Bridges' title dating from 1978. A version very close to the original but not devoid of interest we would say...
2016...we are far, very, very far from the 'Ring my bell' of her youth, that's for sure. Afterwards this kind of title is also part of a discography...
2016...a desire to produce new titles which can only delight core fans who thought they would never see her again...
2023...who could have imagined that she would venture to take up this legendary title ? Not many people, that's for sure, and yet that's definitely the case...
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