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Keeira Lyn Ford: From Child Star to Rising Country Music Icon | Playlist 48

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Keeira Lyn Ford @Italiana327 is an American actress, writer, singer and songwriter. Her mother is Italian and Irish and her father is from African American and Native American descent. As a small child, she won hundreds of trophies in beauty pageants before she was discovered on stage by a Hollywood talent agency. After auditioning for Disney, she landed her first role on the sitcom "Adventures in Wonderland" in which she played "Little Red Queen." When Ford's mother came to pick her up from an after school program, the coordinator told her of Keeira's singing talent. Being a single mom, her mother sold her house and moved near Los Angeles to help her daughter pursue a place in the entertainment industry.

Country music was introduced to Ford when she booked a McDonald's commercial with Garth Brooks. She listened to all of his music the night before meeting Brooks on set.

Ford started performing country music in talent competitions where she met Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father. He set her up to sing at Neverland Ranch, to record songs at their famous studio in Encino, CA, and attend multiple music award shows. This Arizona artist and rising country music icon shines bright in her performance on "Playlist 48."

Songs in this episode:
"Sweeping Out the Dust"
"Somebody's Somebody"

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