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COLLETTE
Ring My Bell (Frederick Knight) Australia 1989 #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. 
ANITA WARD
Ring My Bell (Frederick Knight) USA 1979 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). (All Music Guide, as linked.) See DiscoMuseum for Frederick Knight's account of the origins of the song. EveryHit.com says Frederick Knight had recorded Ring My Bell himself earlier in 1979, but if so it appears to have been unreleased.
MONIE LOVE VS ADEVA
Ring My Bell (Monie Love - Richie Fermie) 1991 Red herring #20 UK #40 Sydney #42 Melbourne #44 Adelaide #18 Perth #13 NZ Same title but not the same song as 'Ring My Bell' by Collette. Monie Love: Rap artist, born Simone Wilson in London. Adeva: New Jersey-born "House/R&B vocalist" (All Music Guide, as linked). Later versions:
DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE
Ring My Bell (Frederick Knight) 1991 Later version #40 Sydney #42 Melbourne #13 NZ Rappers Jeff Townes and TV and movie star Will Smith  
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