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Anita Ward is most famous for her 70s disco hit "Ring My Bell." The Memphis, Tennessee native had her roots in gospel music before becoming a disco sensation. Her manager put her in contact with singer/songwriter Frederick Knight who was known for the 1972 hit, "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. Upon listening back to their work, both agreed that they were still one song short, which resulted in Knight digging up an old track titled "Ring My Bell" that he had originally penned for a young teenybopper singer, Stacy. It didn't take long for "Ring My Bell" to scale the charts and it peaked at number one during the summer and it remained on the charts for five straight months. A follow-up single, "Don't Drop My Love," could only make it as far as number 87 on the charts in December of the same year, signaling that Ward's 15 minutes had come and gone, delegating her to one-hit wonder status.

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