Stacy Lattisaw Jackson (

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Lattisaw; born November 25, 1966) is an American R&B singer from

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, United States.

Career

The 1979 song "

Ring My Bell "Ring My Bell" is a 1979 disco song written by Frederick Knight. The song was originally written for then eleven-year-old Stacy Lattisaw, as a teenybopper song about kids talking on the telephone. When Lattisaw signed with a different label, Ame ...

" was originally written for then twelve-year-old Lattisaw, as a teenybopper song about kids talking on the telephone. When Lattisaw signed with a different label,

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was asked to sing it instead, and it became Ward's only major hit. Lattisaw recorded her first album for

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at the age of 12 in 1979, under the direction of

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. However, it was not until she affiliated with Narada Michael Walden, a former

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with the

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who was just beginning a career as a producer, that she found larger success. Under Walden's direction, she scored several R&B hit albums between 1981 and 1986. She also opened for the Jacksons'

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in 1981. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Lattisaw had several US R&B hit singles, and a 1980 top 3 hit in the UK with her song "

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". She also scored three moderate hits on the US Hot 100 chart; "Let Me Be Your Angel" (US No. 21), "

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" (US No. 26), and "Miracles" (US No. 40). She signed with

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in 1986. She scored her only No. 1 R&B hit with duet partner

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, titled "

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", in 1989. Since the 1990s, she has exclusively sung gospel music. Her official website stated that she was to work on a gospel CD. In 2010, Lattisaw's music career was chronicled on the TV One docu-series '' Unsung'', in which she also appeared.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

*''The Very Best of Stacy Lattisaw'' (1998,

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) *''Stacey Lattisaw - The Cotillion Years 1979 - 1985'' (2021, Robinsongs)

Singles

References

External links

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