Lita Ford

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Lita Ford (2008)

Lita Rossana Ford (born September 19, 1958 in London , England ) is a British rock singer and guitarist who was best known in the 1980s.

Life

Lita Ford became internationally known with the band The Runaways , from which well-known solo musicians such as Joan Jett emerged . After the runaways disbanded in 1979, she started her solo career.

In 1987 she recorded the duo Close My Eyes Forever with Ozzy Osbourne , which became a hit. The song is included on their 1988 album Lita .

Ford was married to Chris Holmes , guitarist for the band WASP , from 1986 to 1992 . In 1994 she married Jim Gillette , the former singer of the band Nitro. She has two sons with him. In February 2011, she announced in a radio interview that the divorce war she had previously fought with Gillette had significantly influenced the songwriting for her album Living Like a Runaway . Her short affair 1986/86 with Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) she described in her 2014 biography "Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir" as painful. Iommi is said to have beaten and mistreated the musician several times. The Black Sabbath guitarist, on the other hand, processed his experience with the guitarist and singer in the song "No Stranger To Love", which appeared on the studio album "Seventh Star" in 1986 and was released as a video clip.

In 2016 the album Time Capsule was released with the help of numerous prominent musicians such as Gene Simmons and Billy Sheehan . At the same time, Ford announced that there would definitely be another studio album after that.

A figure in the video game Brütal Legend for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is based on Lita Ford and not only bears the name, but also her appearance.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CH CH UK UK US US
1984 Dancin 'on the edge - UK96 (1 week)
UK 		US66 (16 weeks)
US
First published: May 18, 1984
1988 Lita - - US29
platinum
platinum

(62 weeks)US
First published: February 2, 1988
1990 Stiletto CH26 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK66 (1 week)
UK 		US52 (16 weeks)
US
First published: May 15, 1990
1991 Dangerous curves - UK51 (2 weeks)
UK 		US132 (4 weeks)
US
First published: November 12, 1991

More studio albums

  • 1983: Out for Blood
  • 1995: Black
  • 2009: Wicked Wonderland
  • 2012: Living Like a Runaway
  • 2016: Time Capsule

Live albums

  • 2000: Greatest Hits Live!
  • 2008: Kiss Me Deadly Live
  • 2012: Nobody's Child
  • 2013: The Bitch Is Back… Live
  • 2014: Live & Deadly
  • 2016: Live San Juan '92

Compilations

  • 1992: The Best of Lita Ford
  • 1993: Greatest Hits
  • 1997: Kiss Me Deadly
  • 2004: Platinum & Gold Collection
  • 2013: Playlist: The Very Best of Lita Ford

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CH CH UK UK US US
1984 Gotta let go
dancin 'on the edge 		- UK94 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: March 1984
1988 Kiss Me Deadly
Lita 		- UK78 (8 weeks)
UK 		US12 (23 weeks)
US
First published: March 1988
1989 Close My Eyes Forever
Lita 		- UK47 (3 weeks)
UK 		US8th
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US
First published: March 1989
with Ozzy Osbourne
1990 Hungry
stiletto 		- UK76 (2 weeks)
UK 		US98 (1 week)
US
First published: June 1990
1991 Shot of Poison
Dangerous Curves 		- UK63 (3 weeks)
UK 		US45 (14 weeks)
US
First published: October 1991

More singles

  • 1983: Out for Blood
  • 1983: Dressed to Kill
  • 1984: Fire in My Heart '
  • 1988: Back to the Cave
  • 1989: Falling in and Out of Love
  • 1990: Lisa
  • 1992: Playing with Fire
  • 1992: Larger Than Life
  • 1995: Killin 'child
  • 2009: Crave
  • 2012: Living Like a Runaway
  • 2012: Mother
  • 2013: Rock This Christmas Down (with Cherie Currie )
  • 2016: Rotten to the Core

Videos

  • 1989: Lita (US:goldgold)
  • 1990: A Midnight Snack
  • 1991: Dangerous Videos, Vol. 1
  • 2003: The Complete Video Collection

Web links

Commons : Lita Ford  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lita Ford: 'Ugly Divorce' Inspired New Album's Lyrics. ultimate-guitar.com, February 2, 2011, archived from the original on February 5, 2011 ; accessed on November 16, 2014 (English).
  2. ↑ Interview with Lita Ford , entertaim.net, accessed on April 29, 2016
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: CH UK US
  4. ↑ Gold / platinum database US
personal data
SURNAME Ford, Lita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ford, Lita Rossana (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English rock singer and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH London