After the group folded in 1979, she began a solo career. Her first two albums, Out for Blood and Dancin' on the Edge were moderately successful. Out For Blood featured the single "Out For Blood". Her next album Dancin' on the Edge was even more successful. It featured the single "Fire in my Heart" which reached the top 10 in several countries. The next single "Gotta Let Go" was one of Ford's biggest hits. It reached number one on the Mainstream Rock charts.
Ford toured extensively and made several guest appearances on TV shows for the next four years, but had no releases; a follow-up to Dancin' on the Edge, titled The Bride Wore Black, was abandoned and never released due to the fact Ford did not like the production of the album and this upset the head of her record label causing Ford to switch from Mercury Records toRCA Records. By the time Ford returned again, the lighter pop-metal she had long favored had broken through to mainstream audiences, which set the stage for her most commercially successful album, 1988's Lita. With Sharon Osbourne as her manager, and again produced by herself, the album featured four commercial hits, including the #1 "Kiss Me Deadly", #9 "Back to the Cave", #2 "Close My Eyes Forever", and #3 "Falling In and Out of Love" (co-written with Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe). The ballad "Close My Eyes Forever," was a duet withOzzy Osbourne. It was also her only Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit, reaching #8.
Her next release was called Stiletto. It featured the singles "Hungry" and "Lisa"; which was dedicated to her mother. However this album was not as successful as Dancin' on the Edge andLita.
Ford's next release was Dangerous Curves. Ford's last release would be with ZYX Records and would be titled Black. It failed to repeat the success of 1991's Dangerous Curves.
Ford was asked by VH-1 to be in the cast of "The Surreal Life" for its 7th season, in 2007. She declined.
Ford appears in the 1992 film Highway to Hell as 'The Hitchhiker'.
During her solo years, she was an endorsee of B.C. Rich guitars and used Warlock, Eagle, Mockingbird and Bich single and double-neck models.
In mid June 2008, Ford and her new solo band played several warm up gigs prior to Rocklahoma under the name Kiss Me Deadly in the New York City area.
Carmelita Rossanna Ford (* 19. September 1958 in London, England), besser bekannt als Lita Ford, ist eine britische Rock-Sängerin und Gitarristin, die ihren größten Bekanntheitsgrad in den 1980er Jahren hatte.
International bekannt wurde Lita Ford mit der Band The Runaways, aus der bekannte Solomusiker wie Joan Jett hervorgingen. Nach der Auflösung der Runaways 1979 startete sie ihre Solokarriere.
1987 nahm sie gemeinsam mit Ozzy Osbourne das Duett „Close My Eyes Forever“ auf, welches ein Hit wurde. Der Song ist auf ihrem 88er Album Lita, sowie auf The Best of Lita Ford, enthalten.
Lita Ford war von 1986 bis 1992 mit Chris Holmes, dem Gitarristen der Band W.A.S.P., verheiratet. Seit 1994 ist sie mit Jim Gillette, dem ehemaligen Sänger der Band Nitro, verheiratet, mit dem sie zwei Söhne hat.
Lita Ford, de son vrai nom Carmelita Rossanna Ford est née le 23 septembre 1958, à Londres (Grande-Bretagne). C'est uneguitariste et chanteuse de Heavy metal.
Ford est née à Londres mais a des origines italiennes. Elle a émigré aux États-Unis avec sa famille très jeune. Elle a commencé à jouer de la guitare à 11 ans.
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