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Darlene Love

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Born Darlene Wright in Los Angeles in 1938, she began her career as lead singer with the vocal trio, The Blossoms. After a spell as regulars on ABC TV's variety show Shindig! in the early 60s, the trio went on to sing backup on a variety of Elvis Presley recordings, and even backed him on his 1968 NBC-TV special Elvis... See full bio »

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Darlene Wright
in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1998-2012 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #20.61 (2012) (performer: "Christmas Baby Please Come Home")
– Episode #19.65 (2011) (performer: "Christmas Baby Please Come Home")
– Episode #18.63 (2010) (performer: "Christmas Baby Please Come Home")
– Episode #17.65 (2009) (performer: "Christmas Baby Please Come Home" - uncredited)
– Episode #14.140 (2007) (performer: "River Deep - Mountain High" - uncredited)
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2011 Doctors (TV series)
– The Season to Be Jolly (2011) (performer: "White Christmas", "Christmas Baby Please Come Home")
 
2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #19.105 (2011) (performer: "River Deep - Mountain High")
 
2009 SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (TV movie) (performer: "Christmas Time For the Jews" - uncredited)
 
2009 Pirate Radio (performer: "Christmas Baby Please Come Home" 1963)
 
2006 The Holiday (performer: "Winter Wonderland" 1934)
 
2006 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (video) (performer: "Christmas Time for the Jews" - uncredited)
 
2005 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Jack Black/Neil Young (2005) (performer: "Christmas Time for the Jews")
 
2004 Christmas with the Kranks (performer: "Christmas Baby Please Come Home" 1963)
 
2003 Love Actually (performer: "All Alone On Christmas" 1992)
 
1998 All I Wanna Do (performer: "Starlight, Starbright", "Girlfriends for Life")
 
1996 Jingle All the Way (performer: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Sleigh Ride")
 
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (performer: "All Alone on Christmas")
 
1991 Father of the Bride (performer: "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry")
 
1990 Goodfellas (performer: "Christmas Baby Please Come Home")
 
1987 The Pick-up Artist (performer: "Wait Til' My Bobby Gets Home")
 
1985 Better Off Dead... (performer: "Winter Wonderland")
 
1984 Bachelor Party (performer: "Alley Oop")
 
1984 Gremlins (performer: "CHRISTMAS BABY PLEASE COME HOME")
 
1984 Sixteen Candles (performer: "Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Marry")
 
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (performer: "Winter Wonderland")
 
1980 The Idolmaker (performer: "Oo Wee Baby")
 
1979 Being There (performer: "Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces")
 
1969 The Love God? (performer: "Mr. Peacock")
 
1968 Elvis (TV movie) (performer: "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But to the Lord / Up Above My Head / Saved")
 
1964-1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Shindig in Hawaii: Part 2 (1965) (performer: "I Hear a Symphony")
– Episode #1.51 (1965) (performer: "Saved")
– Episode #1.39 (1965) (performer: "Didn't It Rain")
– Episode #1.3 (1964) (performer: "You'll Never Get to Heaven If You Break My Heart")
 
Show ShowActress (7 titles)
1998 Lethal Weapon 4
Trish Murtaugh
 
1993 Another World (TV series)
Judy Burrell
 
1992 Lethal Weapon 3
Trish Murtaugh
 
1989 Lethal Weapon 2
Trish Murtaugh
 
1987 Lethal Weapon
Trish Murtaugh
 
1969 Change of Habit
Backup Singer (uncredited)
 
1969 The Love God?
Singer with The Blossoms (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (28 titles)
2013 Twenty Feet from Stardom (documentary)
Herself
 
1998-2012 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest / Herself / Herself - Choral Singer / …
– Episode #20.61 (2012) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #19.65 (2011) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #18.63 (2010) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #17.65 (2009) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #16.65 (2008) … Herself - Christmas Annual Musical Guest
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2011 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 25 December 2011 (2011) … Herself - Guest
 
2011 The 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Herself
 
1992-2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #19.105 (2011) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.132 (1992) … Herself
 
2010 Spicks and Specks (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.12 (2010) … Herself
 
2009 The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (TV special)
Herself
 
2007 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 December 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2006 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV special)
Herself
 
2005 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Herself
– Jack Black/Neil Young (2005) … Herself (uncredited)
 
2005 Music Cares Person of the Year: Brian Wilson (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
2004 An Evening with Scott Hamilton & Friends (TV movie)
Herself
 
2003 Rock at Fifty (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Still Cher (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Producer Pop (2001) … Herself
 
2000 A Very Special Christmas from Washington, D.C. (TV special)
Musical Perfomance
 
1999 British Rock Symphony (TV movie)
Herself
 
1998 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 January 1998 (1998) … Herself
 
1994 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 26 January 1994 (1994) … Herself
 
1991 Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1989 Late Night with David Letterman: 7th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Herself
 
1986 Women in Rock (video documentary)
Herself
 
1986 Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (video documentary)
Herself
 
1984 Super Night of Rock 'n' Roll (TV movie)
Herself
 
1982 Phil Spector: He's a Rebel (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1968 Elvis (TV movie)
Herself (Blossoms)
 
1964-1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Herself - Singer
– Shindig in Hawaii: Part 2 (1965) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #1.51 (1965) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #1.39 (1965) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #1.3 (1964) … Herself - Singer
 
1964 The T.A.M.I. Show (documentary)
Herself (as The Blossoms)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2009 SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (TV movie)
Herself (voice) (uncredited)
 
2006 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (video)
Herself (archive sound)
 
1991 Shindig! Presents Groovy Gals (video documentary)
Blossoms singer
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1990) Album: Dick Tracy(Sire Records 4-26236). "Mr. Fix-it" is her only song on album, though 2 versions are included. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | See more »

Official Sites:

darlenelove.com [United States] Bio, press, schedule | See more »

Alternate Names:

The Blossoms
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Trivia:

She is one of David Letterman's favorite singers. Every December 23, she appears on Late Show with David Letterman to sing her classic, "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home". In one memorable appearance, her rendition was broadcast live to U.S. Servicemen and Servicewomen stationed overseas. As David Letterman says, "It is just not Christmas without Darlene Love". See more »

Star Sign:

Leo