History Music / LitaFord

* BreakupBreakout: Not quite to the extent of Joan Jett, but she made quite a name for herself as a HairMetal musician in the 1980s.
* CreatorBacklash: She's disowned ''Wicked Wonderland'', claiming that it was mostly her then-husbands music that she just sang over, and that she considers ''Living Like a Runaway'', which came out three years after, the "real" returning album. When she launched her official site two years later she didn't even list it in her discography section.
** Arguably a similar situation with ''Black'', another album heavily collabed with Gillette. She hasn't played any of the songs from it live as her solo act, though she still considers it part of her work.

** "I went to a party last Saturday night, I didn't get laid, I got in a fight, uh-huh, it ain't no big thing."

In 1988, after switching from Mercury Records to RCA following two commercial flops, she released her solo album ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Lita]]''. Singles released from this album include "Kiss Me Deadly", "Back to the Cave", "Close My Eyes Forever", and "Falling In and Out of Love", (the latter co-written by Nikki Sixx of Music/MotleyCrue). "Close My Eyes Forever", which teams her up with Music/OzzyOsbourne, reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it her most successful solo single to date.

* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: The tallest of the Runaways, as well as the harder-hitting sound compared to Jett and Currie.

In 1988, she released her debut solo album ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Lita]]''. Singles released from this album include "Kiss Me Deadly", "Back to the Cave", "Close My Eyes Forever", and "Falling In and Out of Love", (the latter co-written by Nikki Sixx of Music/MotleyCrue). "Close My Eyes Forever", which teams her up with Music/OzzyOsbourne, reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it her most successful solo single to date.

Arguably the most famous member of Music/TheRunaways after Music/JoanJett and Cherie Currie, '''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 [[TheSeventies 1970s]] before embarking on a solo career in the [[TheEighties 1980s]], shifting more towards a HairMetal sound.

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 Music/MotleyCrue. The ballad "Close My Eyes Forever", a duet with Music/OzzyOsbourne, remains her most successful song, reaching No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Married to Nitro vocalist Jim Gillette from 1994 to 2011, she took an 11-year hiatus from 1996 to 2007 in order to raise their two sons. Her recent releases include ''Wicked Wonderland'', ''Living Like a Runaway'', and ''Time Capsule''.

** "I went to a party last Saturday night, I didn't laid, I got in a fight, uh-huh, it ain't no big thing."

* Out for Blood (1983)
* Dancin' on the Edge (1984)
* Lita (1988)
* Stiletto (1990)
* Dangerous Curves (1991)
* Yakety Yak, Take it Back (1991)
* Trash Talk (1992)
* Black (1995)
* Wicked Wonderland (2009)
* Living Like a Runaway (2012)
* Time Capsule (2016)

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: "Kiss Me Deadly"...
** "I went to a party last Saturday night, I didn't laid, I got in a fight, uh-huh, it ain't no big thing"."

[[caption-width-right: ''"Come on, pretty baby, Kiss Me Deadly!"'']]

Arguably the most famous member of Music/TheRunaways after Music/Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, '''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 [[TheSeventies 1970s]] before embarking on a solo career in the [[TheEighties 1980s]], shifting more towards a HairMetal sound.