Lita Ford

Person · Female

Lita Ford

From
London, United States
Since
1958–present
Rating
★ 2.5 (6 votes)
Releases
42
  • hard rock
  • glam metal
  • glam
  • metal
  • punk rock
  • rock

About

Lita Rossana Ford (born September 19, 1958) is a British-American musician. 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. Other hit songs include "Kiss Me Deadly", "Playin' with Fire", "Shot of Poison", "What Do You Know About Love?", "Gotta Let Go", "Lisa", "Back to the Cave" and "Hungry".

From Lita Ford on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Discography

Albums 9
EPs 2
Singles 13
Live 6
Compilations 11
Other 1

Links

Instrumental supporting musician

Involved with

Married

Also known as

Lita Rossana Ford

Identifiers

ISNI
000000007367025X
IPI
00032360029

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.