Darlene Love
- a.k.a. Darlene Wright
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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".
German (Deutsch)
Darlene Love (* 26. Juli 1941 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien, eigentlich Darlene Wright) ist eine US-amerikanische Sängerin und Schauspielerin. Bekannt wurde sie vor allem als Interpretin zahlreicher Songs des Produzenten Phil Spector sowie in der Rolle als Trish Murtaugh an der Seite von Danny Glover in allen vier Lethal-Weapon-Filmen. Im Dezember 2010 wurde sie für ihr Lebenswerk in die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame aufgenommen.
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- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA