Lita Ford

Lita Ford 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. Following the breakup of the Runaways, Ford set about launching a solo career. In 1988, she released her most commercially successful album, the self-produced Lita. The album featured several singles including “Kiss Me Deadly,” “Back to the Cave,” “Close My Eyes Forever,” and “Falling in and Out of Love,” a song co-written by Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe. The ballad “Close My Eyes Forever,” a duet with Ozzy Osbourne, remains her most successful song, reaching No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100.