page_title: Lita Ford
section_title: Long hiatus (1996–2007)
hierarchical_section_title: Lita Ford / Music career / Long hiatus (1996–2007)
caption_attribution_description: English: Lita Ford, american rock musician and singer
context_page_description: Lita Rossana Ford is an English-born, American heavy metal guitarist, actress, vocalist and songwriter who was the lead guitarist for the Runaways in the late 1970s before embarking on a successful solo career in the 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.
context_section_description: By the mid-1990s, Ford placed a reduced priority on her music career as she turned her attention towards raising her two young sons. Following the release of Black in 1995, Ford did not release new material until the Wicked Wonderland album in 2009.
caption: Ford performing on 27 June 2009.
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