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Darlene Love: From Background to Limelight

Darlene Love reflects on her singing career, and collaborating with artists like Tom Jones and Elvis.
Darlene Love chats with Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

When the creators of the 2013 documentary began envisioning a film focused on backup singers, one name kept coming up: Darlene Love. Among fans and musicians alike, Love had a sterling reputation as one of music's legendary, if still somewhat under-celebrated voices performing behind the biggest acts. So after speaking to Love, director Morgan Neville said he was finally convinced that he could make an entire movie

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