Live 1982 - DVD

In her early career, Darlene Love was one of pop music's all-time busiest and most respected backup singers. But by the 1980s she had emerged under her own name as an accomplished actress and concert performer. This previously unavailable 1982 concert makes it's debut on CD, DVD and digital, documenting a series of shows that affected her career transition. Darlene was heard on countless 1960's hit recordings, ranging from Bobby InchBorisInch Pickett's InchMonster MashInch to Frank Sinatra's InchThat's Life, Inch and performed live with headliners on the scale of Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, and Dionne Warwick. In the studio with producer Phil Spector, she lent her voice to a series of hits, [including the Crystals' InchHe's A RebelInch and InchDa Doo Ron Ron, Inch The Ronettes' InchBe My Baby, Inch and Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans' InchZip-a-Dee-Doo-DahInch], as well as releasing singles under her own name. After appearing in 1981 at Righteous Brother Bill Medley's club, Darlene was invited to perform at a private Hollywood New Year's Eve party, with a band, the Monte Carlos, formed specifically to back her. Hearing the buzz independent producer Bob Lasiewicz arranged for an engagement on April 21, 1982, at the prestigious L.A. area jazz club Hop Singh's, from which this set is taken. Shortly after, Love moved to NYC, to star in the jukebox musical InchLeader of the Pack, Inch followed by Broadway musical productions of InchCarrie, Inch InchGrease, Inch and InchHairspray.Inch She appeared as Danny Glover's wife in the InchLethal WeaponInch film series and performed annually to great acclaim on InchLate Night with David Letterman, Inch singing her holiday classic InchChristmas (Baby Please Come Home).Inch Darlene has continued working into the 2000's, with her Grammy-winning appearance in the in 2013 Oscar-winning documentary Inch20 Feet from Stardom, Inch and her indu