Ring My Bell by Anita Ward
Artist: Anita Ward Weeks at #1: 2 weeks Chart dates: June 30, 1979 – July 7, 1979
About
Anita Ward‘s disco classic “Ring My Bell“ was originally written as teeny-bopper song for 11-year-old singer Stacy Lattisaw, who producer and songwriter was recruiting for his Juana Records label. When the child star signed with another label, Knight brought the song to Ward, a gospel singer who was working as a schoolteacher at the time. Knight modified the lyrics to make them more adult—but still kept them euphemistic instead of explicitly sexual. He told SuperSeventies.com: Anita is a very clean-cut person. And we tried to build a respectable image for her. The lyrics of ‘Ring My Bell’ didn’t hurt her. They speak of an everyday situation — something you’d never be ashamed of in front of the kids."
