PENNY FORD

An unforgettable voice. Virtuosity across half a dozen instruments. Penny Ford has electrified audiences as both a solo artist and background singer, with her debut album as vocalist for Snap! selling 7 million copies. The Cincinnati native (b. 1964) has recorded with friend Chaka Kahn and arranged and produced music for the Gap Band and Natalie Cole.

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2022

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PHELPS “CATFISH” COLLINS

SHELDON REYNOLDS

The Ohio Players

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Penny Ford of Snap! performs on May 27, 2018 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Harry Herd/Redferns via Getty Images)

Penny Ford of Snap! performs in England on August 06, 2016. (Photo by Neil H Kitson/Redferns via Getty Images)

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1993 headshot from Columbia Records, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., courtesy of Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University Bloomington, Karen Shearer Collection

Penny Ford and Benjamin Lowe, alias Stoli, of the band Snap perform on July 30, 2022 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Tristar Media/Getty Images)