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Anita Ward’s “Ring My Bell,” 1979 Disco Hit, Is Number 1 on iTunes After 46 Years Thanks to “Scream 7” and “Wuthering Heights”

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Back in 1979 I paid little attention to disco. We were listening to punk, new wave, and soul.

But others did love disco, and dancing to Anita Ward’s’ one hit, “Ring My Bell.”

Written and produced by Stax star Frederick Knight, “Ring My Bell” was a monster hit. Its chart life seemed unending, and it was played on the radio over and over.

So guess what? “Ring My Bell” is number 1 on iTunes. Why the resurgence? The record is featured in “Scream 7” and “Wuthering Heights.”

Anita Ward, outselling Bruno Mars, Alex Warren, and the rest of the top 40 gang!

Anita is turning 70 this year, is probably in Memphis, and can sing like crazy. Time to get her on some TV shows!

As Clive Davis says, “A good copyright never dies.” Even Ghostface can’t kill it!

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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