It was a really fun night, showcasing some long time talent. Her voice is still reasonably strong, and her stage presence was gripping as ever. All the great songs and lyrics from the Ring My Bell: The Definitive Anthology album ont he Webs largest and most authoritative lyrics. You could tell that the audience were waiting for her to get into the older songs and play the club classics, so when she did, everyone was dancing and singing along like crazy, which was a fantastic atmosphere. The duration of this track is 3:32 and was released on January 1, 1979. I was pleasantly surprised however, the new track is great and she even played a couple of unreleased songs, as well as a handful of very well executed covers. Ring My Bell by Anita Ward has a BPM of 126 and the key of F Minor (Camelot: 4A). Of course everyone loves the club classics, so when I heard that she was playing a gig near my home town after her newest single It’s My Night was released, I thought I’d go along and relive some nostalgia. The disco and R&B singer started out her adult life as a primary teacher, but luckily for the music industry, her mind was easily changed to music.Īlthough Ring My Bell was by far her most successful hit, Ward released two strong selling albums, and a dozen singles. In early 2011, Anita returned to the studio to start work on a new album titled 'It's My Night'.‘You can ring my bell, ring my bell, You can ring my bell, ring my bell’, with one of the most iconic songs of the late 70s under her name, Antia Ward set herself up for an extremely successful career from the word go. On New Year's Eve 2005 she performed ‘Ring My Bell’ on Beale Street in Memphis. On New Year's Eve 2002 Anita performed ‘Ring My Bell’ in New York City's Times Square. The album featured the single ‘Be My Baby’, which was released in Australia.Īnita then took a break from the music industry, focusing on family matters. Wherever there's love - 1989 / it's my night - 2011 In 1989, she released a third album entitled ‘Wherever There's Love’. These tracks were later included on a reissue of her first album ‘Songs Of Love’.Īnita was later involved in a serious car accident, this, along with the ineviatble demise of the Disco genre, left the singer with the fate she originally feared. Billboard Hot 100 chart.Īlthough Anita’s albums were designed for the disco market, they were very much ‘deeper’ than the ‘Ring My Bell’ single might suggest.Ī third disco album was in the process, however, due to contractual issues between Frederick and Anita, it was cancelled after only three of the songs had been recorded. The album contained the single ‘Don't Drop My Love’, which reached number 87 on the U.S. Songs of love - 1979 / sweet surrender - 1980Ī parent album was released, entitled ‘Songs Of Love’, mainly containing Southern Soul styled material, an album followed on by a second, entitled ’Sweet Surrender’ later the same year. ‘Ring My Bell’ was to later reach number one in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada in 1979.Ī follow-up single (‘Ring My Bell’s flip side originally) entitled ‘Make Believe Lovers’, was released, without charting. Born on Decemin Memphis, Tennessee, Ward developed an interest in music - particularly gospel - at an early age.
Originally, the track contained some dubious lyrics, with the teenage market being targeted as a listening audience. Singer Anita Ward is most well-known for her 1979 disco single 'Ring My Bell,' a number one pop hit in the U.S.
RING MY BELL As recorded by Anita Ward (Released as a Single in 1979) Transcribed by Brian Murtagh Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Guitar 1 Gtr II (E A D G B E) - Guitar 2 Gtr III (E A D G B E) - Bell http. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Signing with Frederick Knight to the Juana Records imprint, Frederick suggested she might want to listen to a song, which had been originally intended for the artist Stacy Lattisaw.Īnita was not keen on the song, but was convinced to record it, following some gentle persuasion by Frederick. PLEASE NOTE- This file is the authors own work and represents their interpretation of the song. She was later to become a teacher, before signing a recording contract. Anita Ward, 20th December 1957, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.Īnita Ward is an American Soul songstress, perhaps unfairly, associated with one highly commercial 1979 single, entitled ‘Ring My Bell’.Īnita attended Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, where, as a student, she achieved a degree in psychology.