Darlene Love was the lead singer of the girl group the Blossoms and she recorded as a solo artist.
41 Facts About Darlene Love
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Darlene Love began singing as a child with her local church choir.
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Darlene Love sang lead on "He's a Rebel" and "He's Sure the Boy I Love," which were credited to the Crystals.
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Darlene Love was a highly sought-after vocalist and worked with many rock and soul legends of 1960s, including Sam Cooke, Dionne Warwick, Bill Medley, the Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones and Sonny and Cher.
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Darlene Love had a recurring role as Roger Murtaugh's wife in the Lethal Weapon film series.
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Darlene Love is featured in the Oscar-winning documentary film 20 Feet from Stardom, for which she won a Grammy Award.
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Darlene Love grew up mostly in Los Angeles, but spent a few years of her youth in Texas.
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Darlene Love was then invited to join a little-known girl group called the Blossoms.
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Darlene Love recorded "He's Sure the Boy I Love," which she thought would be released under her name, but Spector credited it to the Crystals.
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Darlene Love recorded the track "Christmas " for the 1963 holiday compilation album, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector.
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Into the 1970s, Darlene Love continued to work as a backup singer, before taking a break in order to raise a family.
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Darlene Love returned to music in the early 1980s and to an appreciative audience she thought might have long since forgotten her.
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Darlene Love had been performing at venues like the Roxy in Los Angeles, and it was a conversation with Steven Van Zandt that greased the wheels for her to go to New York and begin performing there in 1982, at places like The Bottom Line.
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Darlene Love took this as a sign that she needed to change her life and go back to singing.
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Darlene Love contributed a cover of the Hollywood Argyles song "Alley Oop" to the soundtrack of the 1984 film Bachelor Party.
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In 1987, Darlene Love sang backup for U2's remake of "Christmas ".
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In 1988, Darlene Love released the album Paint Another Picture, which included an update of her old hit "He's Sure the Man I Darlene Love", by Mann and Weill, as well as a ballad written especially for her, "I've Never Been the Same," by Judy Wieder.
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Darlene Love released a minor single in 1992 with "All Alone on Christmas", written and composed by Steven Van Zandt, which can be found on the Home Alone 2: Lost in New York soundtrack.
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Darlene Love contributed vocals to the soundtrack of the film Jingle All the Way.
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In 1993, Darlene Love sued Spector for unpaid royalties and was awarded $250,000.
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Darlene Love continues to do a Christmas show every year in New York City, which is always capped by "Christmas ".
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Darlene Love performed with Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band in November 2009 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert at Madison Square Garden.
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Darlene Love is featured in the documentary film 20 Feet from Stardom, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win the Oscar for Best Documentary at the 86th Academy Awards.
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Love's most recent album Introducing Darlene Love was released September 18,2015 on Steve Van Zandt's label, Wicked Cool Records.
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In 2016, Darlene Love began touring her new album across the United States.
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Darlene Love recorded her first solo video concert on February 23,2010, at the NJPAC.
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Darlene Love has held many star roles in various Broadway productions.
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Darlene Love acted and sang in Grease, in the short-lived musical adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie, and starred as Motormouth Maybelle in Broadway's Hairspray from August 2005 till April 2008.
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Darlene Love later reprised the role in the Hollywood Bowl production of the show in 2011.
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Darlene Love performed the song "Christmas " on the last pre-Christmas episode of Late Night with David Letterman which aired December 10,1986 and then annually on Late Show with David Letterman beginning with December 23,1994.
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Darlene Love was dubbed by Letterman as the "Christmas Queen".
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Since 2015, Darlene Love has performed the song annually on ABC's The View, only skipping out the 2021 edition due to being exposed to a positive COVID-19 case resulting in a quarantine; a compilation of her previous performances was shown instead.
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Darlene Love has usually performed the song as a duet, being joined by Patti LaBelle in 2016, Fantasia in 2017, and Bryan Adams in 2018.
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Darlene Love performed "Christmas " in season six, episode 10 of the Fox television series New Girl.
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In 1995, Darlene Love received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award.
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In 2008, Darlene Love was ranked No 84 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers list.
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On December 15,2010, it was announced that Darlene Love had been chosen for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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On March 14,2011, Darlene Love was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with a speech by Bette Midler.
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In 2015, Darlene Love won her first Grammy Award for Best Music Film for the documentary 20 Feet From Stardom.
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In 2015, Darlene Love was featured in the September issue of Entertainment Weekly.
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Darlene Love provided the inaugural performance to christen the opening of the Clermont Performing Arts Center in Clermont, Florida on September 26,2015.