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Lita Ford
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Living Like a Runaway
- Living Like a Runaway: A Memoir
- Lita Ford - Lita
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Film & TV
London, England
Lita Rossana Ford (born 19 September 1958) is an English-born American rock guitarist, actress, vocalist and songwriter who was the lead guitarist for the Runaways in the late 1970s before embarking on a solo career in the 1980s. Lita Ford was born to an English father and an Italian mother in London, England. When she was in second grade, she moved with her family to the United States,…
Known for
- Lita Ford: Live at Wacken 2025 — Vocals / Guitar2025
- Dio: Dreamers Never Die — Self2022
- The Guest List — Self2022
- Suzi Q — Self2019
- The Rainbow — Self2019
- The Top Ten Revealed — Self2018
- Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line — Self2015
- Girls in Bands at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2015
- The Life, Blood and Rhythm of Randy Castillo — Self2014
- The Joy of the Guitar Riff — Self2014
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1958
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 326,245
- Total plays
- 2,879,559
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Lita Ford (born Lita Rossana Ford on September 19, 1958 in London, U.K.) is a hard rock singer and guitarist who achieved popularity during the 1980s. Ford was born in London but is of Italian heritage. She moved with her family to the United States while still very young. She began playing the guitar at age 11. In 1976 at the age of 17 she became one of the founding members of the legendary teenage all-female hard rock band The Runaways. There she played lead guitar. <a href="https://www.last.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rossana
- Family name
- Ford
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- London
- Spouse
- Jim Gillette
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- heavy metal music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Mercury Records
- Official website
- www.litafordonline.com
- Image
- Lita Ford (15630530136).jpg
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- Lita Ford
- date of birth
- 1958-09-19
- member of
- The Runaways
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- birth name
- Lita Rossana Ford
- name in native language
- Lita Ford
- social media followers
- 208490
- writing language
- English language
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