Miller Outdoor Theatre does a throw-back Weekend Friday with their presentation of Pop/Rock icon Darlene Love. Darlene Love gaine
d prominence in 60s for the song "He's a Rebel," a No. 1 single in 1962, and was one of the artists who performed on the celebrated Christmas album A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector, produced by Phil Spector in 1963. She is ranked number 84 among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers.
Love began singing in her church choir at ten. During choir practice she caught the attention of choir director Cora Martin-Moore. After singing for Martin she was asked to go to the Music Mart where she sang and did some broadcasts that's where her bio says it all started. Those who knew her described her vocals as "a voice of a nightingale." She claimed, (singing in) the choir was a big influence in her life. "I call it my learning ground," Singing in the choir, Love says, "I learned harmony."
As an actress, she is perhaps best remembered for playing Danny Glover's w
ife in the Lethal Weapon film series. Love has held many star roles in various Broadway productions. She acted and sang in Grease, in the short-lived musical adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie, and starred as Motormouth Maybelle in Broadway's Hairspray from August 2005 till April 2008. She later reprised the role in the Hollywood Bowl production of the show in 2011.