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Darlene Love

Darlene Love wearing a blue jacket and smiling.

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Throughout the years, Darlene Love has continued to captivate audiences worldwide with her warm, gracious stage presence and superb performances. Her film "Twenty Feet from Stardom" was not only awarded with an Oscar, but also a Grammy Award for the soundtrack. Her Billboard hits include He's a Rebel, The Boy I'm Gonna Marry, Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home, He's Sure the Boy I Love, and the legendary No. 1 holiday classic, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). Love received her industry's highest award when Bette Midler, a great fan of her work, inducted her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During the celebration, the two ladies enjoyed performing He's a Rebel together. As part of the festivities, Love also sang He's a Fine, Fine Boy backed by another distinguished fan, Bruce Springsteen. Rolling Stone has proclaimed Love to be "one of the greatest singers of all time," and that certainly rings true, but perhaps Paul Shaffer says it even more concisely: "Darlene Love is rock n' roll!"

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