She was born as Candice Lauren Isralow in Hauppauge, Long Island, New York. At 12 years of age Candice began modeling. She did everything from commercials to print ads, promotions to trade shows until her 20's. She met Ritchie Blackmore on a football field in 1989, and sang backing vocals for Deep Purple in 1993; she also did backing vocals on Stranger in Us All, the CD by Blackmore's band Rainbow, as well as writing / co-writing four other songs on the aforementioned album. She then wrote lyrics for most songs for the first Blackmore's Night album, Shadow of the Moon.
