Darlene Love is one of the legends of music. Raised in Los Angeles, she was active in her church choir.
While stil in high school she was invited to join a girl group known as The Blossoms who began
recording for the legendary Phil Spector. Woith her powerful voice she was soon a highly sought after
vocalist and managed to work with many of the legends of 50s and 60s rock and soul, such as Sam Cooke,
Dionne Warwick, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley and Sonny & Cher. Though credited as The Crystals,
Darlene actually sang the hit "He's A Rebel".
Darlene returned to music in the early 1980's and to an appreciative audience she thought may have long
forgotten her. In addition to singing the songs that made her famous she has re-explored her gospel roots
on several recordings. And as if that wasn't enough, she also jumped into acting, playing Danny Glover's
wife in all the LETHAL WEAPON movies and appearing on Broadway in GREASE and
the Tony-nominated LEADER OF THE PACK.
1998 She wrote her autobiography, MY NAME IS LOVE, published by WIlliam Morrow & Co.
BACHELOR PARTY SOUNDTRACK (SP 70047): Ms. Love sings
"Alley Oop" on side 2.
DARLENE LOVE I.R.S. DISCOGRAPHY
This discography will cover only DARLENE LOVE's recordings for I.R.S. Records.
Recordings for other labels, other recordings, solo recordings and guest appearances, may be mentioned
in the biography or discography, but details can be found by visiting some of the cool links for
DARLENE LOVE, below...
Compilations & Soundtracks
DARLENE LOVE LINKS AND OTHER COOL STUFF
For someone who was such a player in the 60's Phil Spector "Wall Of Sound" there's little web presence. Even
more surprising is the lack of websites devoted to her Gospel Music career. But these are some cool links
none-the-less...
Darlene Love's Official Web Page doesn't seem to be updated too
often, but it is the official homepage...
A fan page dedicated to Darlene Love and the Blossoms.
A concise and detailed biography of Darlene Love is here.
An awesome History Of Rock page for Darlene Love.
The same site's Phil Spector page!
Darlene's management company page where you can book her for your events!
A Lethal Weapon fan page. Fun!
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