Kelli Lidell is an American country singer and charity fundraiser based in Los Angeles, California.

On Christmas Day in 1973, depressed over his stagnant career, Johnny Lidell committed suicide leaving Kelli with his last words: "Follow your dreams."

Only days after being offered a recording contract by CBS, tragedy struck when Lidell suffered a near-fatal car crash in which doctors predicted she would never again walk or talk.

The foundation's Hollywood fund-raisers were noted by the media to be star-studded events that included celebrities Eddie Murphy, Al Pacino, Garth Brooks, Nine Inch Nails, Gloria Estefan, and Jack Nicholson.

[2][3] Among those helped by the foundation was the nearly paralyzed musician Moon Calhoun[4] and childhood burn victim David Rothenberg[5] Kelli Lidell released the albums "His Heart and Mine" in 1999 and "Someone to Love" in 2000.