Born in Cincinatti, November 6, 1964, Penny Ford is best known for her amazing vocals on Snap's worldwide hit, The power. Daughter of producer
Gene Redd, Sr. and singer Carolyn Ford and sister to singer Sharon Redd, Ford was exposed to a lot of music early on as a result of her
father's work with James Brown and Kool and the Gang. During a 1979 summer school vacation, Ford went on tour with Zapp. She signed with
Total Experience Records, home of The Gap Band. Ford can be heard on their hit single, I found my baby. The New Jack sound owes a lot
to the artists of Total Experience. Ford debuted as a recording artist in her own right on Pennye which contained, Change your wicked ways
and Dangerous. In 1986, Ford replaced Lorena Shelby as the lead singer of Klymaxx. After a year on the road, Ford joined the S.O.S.
Band for 6-months. Shortly afterwards, Ford began working as the principal background singer with Chaka Khan. It was through her work
with Chaka Khan that Penny wound up taking a trip to Germany in late 1989. Khan had moved to London and called Ford to substitute for her
when she couldn't find time to do a session. Ford's talents came to the attention of Soul II Soul's Jazzie B and so she worked with him
on two albums. When leaving Snap, Penny was the object of a major label bidding war that resulted in her signing to Columbia/Sony in
June 1991. Ford took her time making her Columbia/Sony debut, Penny Ford in the process surrounding herself with crack talent. She enlisted
the services of producer/bassist Randy D. Jackson. The first single was a remake of Aretha Franklin's Daydreaming.
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