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Anita Ward

アニタ・ウォード　/　あにた・うぉーど

American singer

December 20, 1956 (age 69)　・　Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Tennessee
singer

My Take

Anita Ward is proof that one perfect record can outlast almost everything. 'Ring My Bell' topped the Hot 100, R&B, and dance charts in 1979 and conquered the UK too, and decades on it still fills floors instantly. I find that kind of legacy oddly moving. Plenty of artists chase whole catalogs and never land a single song that lodges itself this deep into collective memory. Coming out of Memphis, a city soaked in soul and blues, gives her voice a lineage you can feel. To me she is the rare one-hit wonder whose one hit is genuinely immortal.

Overview

Anita Ward (born December 20, 1956) (sources differ) 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": it was no. 1 on the United States Hot 100, R&B, and Dance charts, and in the United Kingdom.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Anita Ward
Name (Japanese): アニタ・ウォード
Reading: あにた・うぉーど
Born: December 20, 1956 (age 69)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Monkey
Origin: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Rust College

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

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