Darlene Love brought some festive cheer to The Tonight Show, performing her holiday classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” The singer appeared with Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul and Paul Shaffer, who played grand piano for the rousing version of the 1962 hit. Love originally recorded “Christmas (Baby …
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U2 unwrapped their rendition of a yuletide classic for the first time in nearly 36 years Friday as the band covered Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” at Las Vegas’ Sphere. U2 had only performed “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” in concert on one other occasion: Back on December …
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Days after Cher heralded the arrival of the holiday season with a performance alongside Santa Claus at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, the icon made Christmas official by closing out the annual Rockefeller Center tree lighting with Darlene Love. Sixty years after Love first recorded the classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come …
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Cher is ready to pack her bags if a certain former president finds his way back into the Oval Office. In a broad-ranging interview with the Guardian, the singer was asked how she felt about Donald Trump being potentially re-elected. “I almost got an ulcer the last time,” Cher replied. …
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Earlier this year, Darlene Love picked up the phone and heard a voice on the other end she didn’t quite recognize at first. “Doll, hi!” she heard. “This is Cher.” Love asked her to repeat who was calling. “Cher, bitch!” She was calling to see if Love would sing “Christmas …
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Darlene Love was scrolling through Facebook earlier this year when she came across an interview with 23-year-old Fifties pop throwback singer Chris Ruggiero citing her as one of his favorite vocalists. “Very few people his age talk about our music,” says Love, 81. “I found it just mind-blowing.” The Facebook …
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Sixty years ago, Ronnie Spector and Darlene Lovewerethereigning queens of New York pop. Both commandeered the charts (with theRonettes and initially the Crystals,respectively), both had gloriously strong, emotive voices, and both were produced by the late Phil Spector. Overtime, they each broke with Spector and, despite some creative lulls,carried on. …
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