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Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Anita Ward (born December 20, 1956) is an American singer and musician from Memphis, Tennessee. Beginning her professional music career in the late 1970s, Ward is best known for her 1979 million-selling chart-topper R&B/Disco hit "Ring My Bell" which was #1 on the United States Hot 100, R&B, Dance and United Kingdom charts. Ward was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Ward obtained a…
Known for
- The Record Man — Self2015
- Tribute to the Funk - Live in Paris2005
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- Numéro un — Self1975
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1956-12-20
Discography
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- 424,087
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- 2,039,315
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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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Anita+W
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anita
- Family name
- Ward
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Image
- Anita Ward (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1956-12-20
- location of formation
- Memphis
- name in native language
- Anita Ward
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- Commons category
- Anita Ward
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