SATURDAY'S SINGLES : BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS and ANITA WARD

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles, a Number Ones edition. Our first chart topper was the first rock 'n roll song to hit #1 one in the US. "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets, was originally released May 20, 1954 on Decca Records and Milt Gabler. The tune, written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers, not only clenched the top spot in the US, where it stayed for two months, it also reached #1 in Australia, the UK, and the Cash Box charts. It's flip side is "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)".

Bill Haley – vocals, rhythm guitar

Marshall Lytle – double bass

Franny Beecher - guitar

Billy Williamson – steel guitar

Johnny Grande – piano

Billy Gussak – drums (session musician)

Danny Cedrone – electric guitar

Joey Ambrose (aka Joey D'Ambrosio) – tenor saxophone

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Our second Number One is "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward. The song was released in 1979 on  Juana Records and produced by Frederick Knight, who also penned the track. It peaked at #1 on the Canada Adult Contemporary charts, the Canada Dance/Urban charts, on the Canada Top Singles, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, the UK, the Hot 100, the US Disco Top 80, the US Hot Soul Singles, the Cash Box, and the US Record World Singles charts. It's B-side is 
"If I Could Feel That Old Feeling Again".

Vocals - Anita Ward 

Strings and horns arrangements – Mike Lewis

Bass guitar – Don Barrett, Ray Griffin

Drums – James Stroud

Engineer – James Griffin

Guitar – Dino Zimmerman, Fred Knobloch, Michael Terence Ward, Michael Toles

Keyboards – Carson Whitsett, Frederick Knight

Producer, percussion, electronic drums – Frederick Knight

Synthesizer – Carl Marsh

Backing vocals – Cheryl Bundy, Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Frederick Knight, Sandra Rhodes, Valerie Williams

Strings and horns – The Miami Symphony

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