Facts: - instrument: vocals - years active: 1979 -- present - origin: cincinnati , ohio - label: total experience , ariola records , columbia records - genre: dance , r & b - alias: pennye ford - birth date: 11 june 1964 - name: penny ford - background: solo_singer - image: pennyford.jpg - associated acts: snap ! - occupation: singer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of penny ford .
penny ford -lrb- also known as pennye ford , born june 11 , 1964 -rrb- is an american singer from cincinnati , ohio .ford is the daughter of veteran record company executive and producer gene redd , sr. , and evangelist/pastor carolyn ford-griffith -lrb- now deceased -rrb- ; she remains a protestant today .she is also the younger half-sister of singer sharon redd .