Darlene Love

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".

Known For: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1938-07-26

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	The T.A.M.I. Show	Self - The Blossoms	80
2	1968	Brand of Shame		36
3	1969	The Love God?	Singer with The Blossoms (uncredited)	60
4	1982	Phil Spector: He's a Rebel		0
5	1982	Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound	Self	75
6	1985	The Making of Sun City	Self	0
7	1986	Women in Rock	Self	0
8	1987	Lethal Weapon	Trish Murtaugh	73
9	1989	Lethal Weapon 2	Trish Murtaugh	70
10	1992	Lethal Weapon 3	Trish Murtaugh	67
11	1998	Lethal Weapon 4	Trish Murtaugh	66
12	1999	British Rock Symphony		0
13	2006	Elvis '68 Comeback Special Edition	Self - The Blossoms	84
14	2009	The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts	Self	81
15	2013	20 Feet from Stardom	Self	72
16	2017	Sweet Daddy Siki	Self	60
17	2019	Holiday Rush	Aunt Jo Robinson	56
18	2020	The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two	Grace	65
19	2024	Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple	Self	73
20	2024	Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular	Self - Performer	0
21	2024	Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley	Self	72

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	Top of the Pops	Self	66
2	1964	Another World		56
3	1964	Shindig!	Self - Singer	62
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
5	1982	Late Night with David Letterman	Self	58
6	1993	Late Show with David Letterman		63
7	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
8	1997	The View	Self	45
9	2011	New Girl	Darlene Love	74
10	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
11	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
12	2022	Spector	Self	63

Darlene Love

Film

Television