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Anita Ward: Last of the Disco Queens

Tom Graves, Memphis Downtowner, Summer 2018

IN 1979 AN unknown singer from Memphis named Anita Ward was talked into recording a disco song she did not particularly like to complete her first album for Frederick Knight's Juana label.

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