Darlene Love

Known for ActingBorn 1938-07-26 (age 87)Los Angeles, California, USA

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".Read more

Movies & web series

The Making of Sun City

The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Elvis '68 Comeback Special Edition

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

The T.A.M.I. Show

New Girl

Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound

20 Feet from Stardom

Lethal Weapon

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

British Rock Symphony

Lethal Weapon 2

Women in Rock

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

Saturday Night Live

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 4

Spector

Late Show with David Letterman

Top of the Pops

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sweet Daddy Siki

Shindig!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with David Letterman

Holiday Rush

The Love God?

Another World

The View

Brand of Shame

Sherri

Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

Ghostwriter: Who is Max Mouse?

Phil Spector: He's a Rebel

Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been