Watch Darlene Love’s Last Christmastime Letterman Performance
Darlene Love has been singing “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” on David Letterman’s late-night shows for almost 30 years. She originally recorded the track for Phil Spector’s 1963 album A Christmas Gift For You, first performed the track for Letterman in 1986, and she’s done it during the holidays without fail ever since. Last night, with Letterman retiring in a few months, she performed it for the last time. Love told The New York Times that she wouldn’t sing it for any other talk show hosts after him, so you can watch the final late-night rendition of her Christmas classic below.