Darlene Love
Acting
Born 1938-07-26
Los Angeles, California, USA
39 credits
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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! (1964) 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: The Comeback Special (1968). For a while, they backed Tom Jones during some of his Las Vegas shows. The Blossoms have the rare distinction of recording a number one hit without ever receiving any credit. Years before the advent of Milli Vanilli, Darlene Love, Fanita James and Gracie Nitzsche sang vocals on the Gene Pitney-penned song "He's a Rebel" that was championed as The Crystals' first (and only) No. 1 US hit. Because of confounding logistics, record producer Phil Spector had to use The Blossoms because The Crystals were on the wrong coast of the US at the time. And since he was up against the clock in L.A. attempting to get his production on the airwaves before the Vikki Carr version, he had no choice. Love also sang vocals on the Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans top twenty hit "Zip-a-Dee Doo Dah".
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Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Show with David Letterman
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Top of the Pops
New Girl
The View
Sherri
Lethal Weapon 2
Late Night with David Letterman
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 4
Shindig!
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Another World
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Holiday Rush
20 Feet from Stardom
Spector
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
Women in Rock
The Love God?
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
Brand of Shame
Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound
The T.A.M.I. Show
Sweet Daddy Siki
Ghostwriter: Who is Max Mouse?
The Making of Sun City
Phil Spector: He's a Rebel
Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special
Elvis '68 Comeback Special Edition
British Rock Symphony
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Darlene Love – Live 1982
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