Lita Ford
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Ford performing in 2023 | |
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| Birth name | Lita Rossana Ford |
| Born | September 19, 1958 London, England |
| Origin | Long Beach, California, U.S. |
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| Formerly of | The Runaways |
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| Website | litafordonline |
Lita Rossana Ford (born September 19, 1958) is an American 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.