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Анита Вард (Anita Ward,родилась 20 декабря 1956, Мемфис, Штат Теннесси) - афро-американская исполнительница. Наиболее известна по песне "Ring My Bell", которая в 1979 г. занимала высшие места в чартах и продавалась миллионными тиражами.
Карьера.
Перед тем как подписать контракт со звукозаписывающей компанией,она получила степень по психологии в Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi, и стала школьным учителем. Делая запись ее дебютного альбома, владелец звукозаписывающего лейбла Фредерик Найт (Frederick Knight) подарил ей песню, которую он написал в предыдущем году для Стэйси Латтисоу (Stacy Lattisaw). Вард не нравилась песня, но Найт настаивал на том, что в альбоме должна быть танцевальная песня, чтобы заработать на модном диско и Вард согласилась. Песня изначально ориентированная на подростков, болтающих по телефону, была переписана по 'взрослому' и результатом стал сингл "Ring My Bell", который достиг первых мест в Канаде, Соединенных Штатах, и Великобритании в 1979 году.
Споры с Фредериком Найтом, автомобильная катастрофа, и снижение популярности музыки диско, свели на нет карьеру Вард, и она осталась "звездой-однодневкой".
Лишь еще один сингл в 1987 г. - "Don't Drop My Love" попал в "Billboard Hot 100 chart", в США. В канун нового 2002 года, она исполнила "Ring My Bell" в Нью-Йорке, в Таймс сквер, на официальном праздновании. В канун нового 2005 года, Вард выступила в Мемфисе, Штат Теннесси на Беал стрит. Она пела "Ring My Bell" и несколько других хитов. Она также появилась в Загребе, Хорватия, 4 января 2006 года, в ночь перед мировым чемпионатом по слалому, с некоторыми другими группами и певцами эпохи диско; (Nile Rodgers, Chic, Village People, Thelma Houston, Rose Royce). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Карьера.
Перед тем как подписать контракт со звукозаписывающей компанией,она получила степень по психологии в Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi, и стала школьным учителем. Делая запись ее дебютного альбома, владелец звукозаписывающего лейбла Фредерик Найт (Frederick Knight) подарил ей песню, которую он написал в предыдущем году для Стэйси Латтисоу (Stacy Lattisaw). Вард не нравилась песня, но Найт настаивал на том, что в альбоме должна быть танцевальная песня, чтобы заработать на модном диско и Вард согласилась. Песня изначально ориентированная на подростков, болтающих по телефону, была переписана по 'взрослому' и результатом стал сингл "Ring My Bell", который достиг первых мест в Канаде, Соединенных Штатах, и Великобритании в 1979 году.
Споры с Фредериком Найтом, автомобильная катастрофа, и снижение популярности музыки диско, свели на нет карьеру Вард, и она осталась "звездой-однодневкой".
Лишь еще один сингл в 1987 г. - "Don't Drop My Love" попал в "Billboard Hot 100 chart", в США. В канун нового 2002 года, она исполнила "Ring My Bell" в Нью-Йорке, в Таймс сквер, на официальном праздновании. В канун нового 2005 года, Вард выступила в Мемфисе, Штат Теннесси на Беал стрит. Она пела "Ring My Bell" и несколько других хитов. Она также появилась в Загребе, Хорватия, 4 января 2006 года, в ночь перед мировым чемпионатом по слалому, с некоторыми другими группами и певцами эпохи диско; (Nile Rodgers, Chic, Village People, Thelma Houston, Rose Royce). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Anita Ward (born 20 December 1956 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 1979. 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 wonder. Only one other single of hers made the Billboard charts in the U.S., "Don't Drop My Love," which halted at #87.
On New Year's Eve 2002 she performed "Ring My Bell" in New York City's Times Square before a crowd of revelers as part of the city's official celebration. On New Years's Eve 2005, Anita performed in Memphis, Tennessee at Backstreet. She sang her number one classic hit "Ring My Bell" and several other disco hits.
She has also appeared in Zagreb, Croatia on 4 January 2006, the night before the FIS World Cup slalom race on nearby Sljeme with some other groups and singers from disco era (Nile Rodgers & Chic, Village People, Thelma Houston and Rose Royce).
Singer Anita Ward is most well-known for her 1979 disco single "Ring My Bell," a number one pop hit in the U.S. and the U.K. Born on December 20, 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee, Ward developed an interest in music -- particularly gospel -- at an early age. She went on to sing with the Rust College A Cappella Choir (which included recording alongside renowned Metropolitan Opera vocalist Leontyne Price), and recorded an obscure album with her own gospel quartet. After graduation, however, Ward didn't set out to pursue a career in music and instead became a substitute teacher in the Memphis elementary school system. It wasn't long before Ward realized music was too much a part of her life to ignore, and her manager put her in contact with singer/songwriter Frederick Knight (who had scored a substantial hit in the summer of 1972 with "I've Been Lonely for So Long"). Knight signed on to help produce a three-song demo session with Ward, but once the tape was rolling, Knight became so taken by Ward's singing ability that the sessions soon produced an album's worth of material.
After listening to what they'd recorded, both agreed that they were still one song short, which resulted in Knight digging up an old track titled "Ring My Bell," which he had originally penned for a younger singer, Stacy Lattisaw (who would later score several hits in the early '80s). The song's original lyrics dealt with teens chatting away on the phone and even though Knight gave the track a quick lyrical overhaul, Ward was less than enthusiastic about the song. Still, she agreed to record it, with Knight providing most of the musical accompaniment. Recorded over the course of two days, "Ring My Bell" turned out to be the best track of the bunch. It resulted in a recording contract with the T.K.-affiliated Juana label, and the release of Ward's debut album, Songs of Love, in 1979. It didn't take long for "Ring My Bell" to scale the charts. That summer, it topped Billboard's Hot 100 and remained on that chart for five months. A subsequent single, "Don't Drop My Love" -- taken from the quick-to-follow second album Sweet Surrender -- peaked at only number 87. A few songs were recorded during sessions for a third album abandoned prior to completion. They surfaced on various Ward anthologies released during the following decades. Although Ward rarely recorded -- she released a single in 2011 -- she continued to perform into the 2010s. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi
Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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 1979. 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 wonder. Only one other single of hers made the Billboard charts in the U.S., "Don't Drop My Love," which halted at #87.
On New Year's Eve 2002 she performed "Ring My Bell" in New York City's Times Square before a crowd of revelers as part of the city's official celebration. On New Years's Eve 2005, Anita performed in Memphis, Tennessee at Backstreet. She sang her number one classic hit "Ring My Bell" and several other disco hits.
She has also appeared in Zagreb, Croatia on 4 January 2006, the night before the FIS World Cup slalom race on nearby Sljeme with some other groups and singers from disco era (Nile Rodgers & Chic, Village People, Thelma Houston and Rose Royce).
Singer Anita Ward is most well-known for her 1979 disco single "Ring My Bell," a number one pop hit in the U.S. and the U.K. Born on December 20, 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee, Ward developed an interest in music -- particularly gospel -- at an early age. She went on to sing with the Rust College A Cappella Choir (which included recording alongside renowned Metropolitan Opera vocalist Leontyne Price), and recorded an obscure album with her own gospel quartet. After graduation, however, Ward didn't set out to pursue a career in music and instead became a substitute teacher in the Memphis elementary school system. It wasn't long before Ward realized music was too much a part of her life to ignore, and her manager put her in contact with singer/songwriter Frederick Knight (who had scored a substantial hit in the summer of 1972 with "I've Been Lonely for So Long"). Knight signed on to help produce a three-song demo session with Ward, but once the tape was rolling, Knight became so taken by Ward's singing ability that the sessions soon produced an album's worth of material.
After listening to what they'd recorded, both agreed that they were still one song short, which resulted in Knight digging up an old track titled "Ring My Bell," which he had originally penned for a younger singer, Stacy Lattisaw (who would later score several hits in the early '80s). The song's original lyrics dealt with teens chatting away on the phone and even though Knight gave the track a quick lyrical overhaul, Ward was less than enthusiastic about the song. Still, she agreed to record it, with Knight providing most of the musical accompaniment. Recorded over the course of two days, "Ring My Bell" turned out to be the best track of the bunch. It resulted in a recording contract with the T.K.-affiliated Juana label, and the release of Ward's debut album, Songs of Love, in 1979. It didn't take long for "Ring My Bell" to scale the charts. That summer, it topped Billboard's Hot 100 and remained on that chart for five months. A subsequent single, "Don't Drop My Love" -- taken from the quick-to-follow second album Sweet Surrender -- peaked at only number 87. A few songs were recorded during sessions for a third album abandoned prior to completion. They surfaced on various Ward anthologies released during the following decades. Although Ward rarely recorded -- she released a single in 2011 -- she continued to perform into the 2010s. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi
Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.