Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love (Musical Advent Calendar, Day 16)
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Monkey See recently had a great post on Darlene Love that pointed me towards the equally excellent Women Who Rock documentary. I recommend that you read and watch both. The bit that stayed with me particularly was her story of how she had quit music and was cleaning houses for a living. She was scrubbing a toilet when one of her songs came on the radio. Could you have, she asked, a clearer sign from God that she was meant to be singing?
I gather her Letterman performance of this song is an annual tradition, so here's one:
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Monkey See recently had a great post on Darlene Love that pointed me towards the equally excellent Women Who Rock documentary. I recommend that you read and watch both. The bit that stayed with me particularly was her story of how she had quit music and was cleaning houses for a living. She was scrubbing a toilet when one of her songs came on the radio. Could you have, she asked, a clearer sign from God that she was meant to be singing?
I gather her Letterman performance of this song is an annual tradition, so here's one:
Click to viewGet the full musical Advent calendar here. | What is this?