(Frederick Knight)
Australia
#4 Sydney #5 Melbourne #3 Brisbane #4 Perth #4 NZ
Single on CBS by Dolly magazine cover girl Collette Roberts.
Collette appeared on the 7 Network’s Where Are They Now? in April 2006: she was then working as a make-up artist, and as a volunteer attendant at Taronga Zoo in Sydney.
(Frederick Knight)
USA
Original version
#1 USA #1 UK #2 Sydney #3 Melbourne #5 Brisbane #5 Adelaide #2 Perth #1 NZ
Disco single on Juana by former gospel singer and substitute teacher from Memphis. Songwriter and producer Frederick Knight rewrote an old song he’d originally intended for Stacy Lattisaw. Knight himself had charted in 1972 with I’ve Been Lonely So Long (#27 USA).
Further reading: 1. Anita Ward biography by Greg Prato at All Music. 2. Archived page from DiscoMuseum for more background on the song from composer Frederick Knight.
Rappers Jeff Townes and TV and movie star Will Smith.
Same title but not the same song as ‘Ring My Bell’ by Collette.
Monie Love: Rap artist, born Simone Wilson in London
(All Music bio).
Adeva: New Jersey-born “House/R&B vocalist” (All Music
bio).
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