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Lita Ford

Lita Rossana Ford (born 19 September 1958)[7][8] is an English-born guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the lead guitarist for the all-female rock band the Runaways in the late 1970s, and then embarked on a successful glam metal solo career that hit its peak in the late 1980s. The 1989 single "Close My Eyes Forever", a duet with Ozzy Osbourne, remains Ford's most successful song, reaching No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[9]

Lita Ford
Lita Ford playing a guitar onstage
Ford performing in 2012
Background information
Birth nameLita Rossana Ford
Born (1958-09-19) 19 September 1958 (age 65)
London, England[1]
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active
  • 1975–1995
  • 2008–present
Labels
Websitelitafordonline.com

Filmography

Lita Ford Media

  • Ford performing with The Runaways in 1976

  • Ford performing on 19 December 1988 in the 'Olympiahalle' venue of Munich, West Germany

  • Ford performing on 27 June 2009

  • Ford performing with Patrick Kennison

Other websites

  Media related to Lita Ford at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official Website
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  1. ↑ "Lita Ford Biography". Biography.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. ↑ McPadden 25 September 2015, Mike. "The Hair Metal 100: Ranking the '80s Greatest Glam Bands—The Final 20!". VH1 News. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Phillips, William (2009). Encyclopedia of heavy metal music. Brian Cogan. Westport, Connecticut. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-313-34801-3. OCLC 475534546.
  4. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2014). The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade. Minneapolis, MN. pp. 49, 57, 144, 188. ISBN 978-1-62788-375-7. OCLC 891379313.
  5. ↑ Weinstein, Deena (2015). Rock'n America : a social and cultural history. Toronto. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-4426-0015-7. OCLC 883939738.
  6. ↑ "The Runaways - A Punk Rock History". Punk77.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Lita Ford." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale, 1993. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 24 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Lita Ford." Almanac of Famous People. Gale, 2011. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 24 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "Lita Ford". Billboard.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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