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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 …

After years of performing around New York City, the Ronettes exploded in 1963 behind “Be My Baby,” a modern standard beloved by the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and pretty much everyone else with ears and a heart. During the recording of the song in Los Angeles, “All the musicians dropped …