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Darlene Zschech,
Background information
Birth name	Darlene Joyce Steinhardt
Born	(1965-09-08) 8 September 1965 (age 46) Brisbane, QLD
Origin	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Genres	Contemporary Christian
Occupations	Singer, Songwriter, Pastor
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Hillsong Music Australia (AUS) INO (USA) Integrity (USA)
Associated acts	Hillsong Church
Website	DarleneZschech.com Darlene.com.au live.hillsong.com hopeunlimitedchurch.com

Darlene Joyce Zschech ( /dɑrˈliːn ˈtʃɛk/; born Steinhardt on 8 September 1965 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian Pentecostal worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. She is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church and is currently a member of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith.^[1]

Biography[link]

As a young adult Zschech sang jingles for a number of international companies including McDonald's, KFC and Coca Cola.

In 2003, Zschech released her first solo album in nine years, entitled Kiss of Heaven. She had earlier released a vinyl album in 1987 called Make The Choice and a cassette album in 1993 called Pearls & Gold. Change Your World followed in 2005. She has since released two albums in 2011 called Simply Darlene and You Are Love. In addition to writing songs, Zschech has written four books: Worship (1996), Extravagant Worship (2002), The Kiss of Heaven (2003) and The Great Generational Transition (2009).

Zschech and her husband were the founding executive directors of Mercy Ministries Australia. In 2009, after an 18-month investigation, they were named by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as being two of several former directors of Mercy Ministries Australia likely for the organisation's "false, misleading and deceptive conduct". They claimed their services were free, but in fact "residents had to sign over their Centrelink benefits during their stay."^[2][3]

Career[link]

Hillsong Church[link]

Zschech was the worship pastor of Hillsong Church from 1996 to 2007. She stepped down as worship pastor in 2007 and Reuben Morgan was appointed to the worship pastor position in 2008. At Hillsong she still leads worship on a regular basis and is a key leader of the church's team for conferences. She travels regularly with the Hillsong team throughout the world leading people in worship.

Hope Unlimited Church[link]

In January 2011, Darlene and Mark Zschech became senior pastors at Church Unlimited (later named Hope Unlimited Church) in Charmhaven on the New South Wales central coast, but Zschech intends to still be part of the Hillsong Worship Team, leading worship at Hillsong's key events during the year. She also continues to host the Creative Stream at the Hillsong Conference while leading tours with the Hillsong Team around the world.

Hope Rwanda[link]

The Zschech family have founded an organisation called Hope Rwanda. Hope Rwanda now runs long-term development projects, such as Hope Education and the Village of Hope, and has hosted Parramatta Eels trips to Rwanda with CEO Paul Osborne.

[edit] Shout to the Lord

Zschech's best known song is "Shout to the Lord". This song is the title track for the first live album co-produced with Integrity Music featuring Zschech as a worship leader. In 2000, Zschech received a Dove Award nomination^[4] for Songwriter of the Year.

Songs[link]

Songs written or co-written by Zschech include:

• Stone's Been Rolled Away (1993)
  • "Your Name"
• People Just Like Us (1994)
  • "Shout to the Lord"
• Friends in High Places (1995)
  • "Praise His Holy Name"
  • "Rock of Ages" with Geoff Bullock
  • "Lord I Give Myself"
• God Is in the House (1996)
  • "God Is in the House" with Russell Fragar
  • "And That My Soul Knows Very Well" with Fragar
  • "Let the Peace of God Reign"
  • "Walking in the Light"
  • "I Will Run To You"
• All Things Are Possible (1997)
  • "All Things Are Possible"
  • "I Live to Know You"
  • "I Know It"
  • "Glory to the King"
• Touching Heaven Changing Earth (1998)
  • "That's What We Came Here For" with Fragar
  • "I Will Bless You Lord"
  • "Jesus You're All I Need"
  • "The Potter's Hand"
• By Your Side (1999)
  • "Sing of Your Great Love"
  • "Free to Dance"
• For This Cause (2000)
  • "Here to Eternity" with David Moyse
  • "It Is You"
• You Are My World (2001)
  • "Irresistible"
  • "Glorious"
  • "To You"
  • "Worthy Is the Lamb"
• Blessed (2002)
  • "Blessed" with Reuben Morgan
• Hope (2003)
  • "My Hope"
  • "Call"
  • "You Are"
• For All You've Done (2004)
  • "You Are Worthy"
  • "Glorify Your Name" with David Holmes
• God He Reigns (2005)
  • "Saviour"
  • "Know You More"
• Mighty to Save (2006)
  • "More to See" with Mia Fieldes, Deborah Ezzy (Zschech's sister), Donia Makadonez & Nigel Hendroff
  • "I Believe"
  • "At the Cross" with Reuben Morgan
• Saviour King (2007)
  • "One Thing" with Marty Sampson
• This Is Our God (2008)
  • "High and Lifted Up" with Mike Guglielmucci
• Faith + Hope + Love (2009)
  • "His Glory Appears" with Marty Sampson
• A Beautiful Exchange (2010)
  • "Believe" with Reuben Morgan
• God is Able (2011)
  • "Cry of the Broken"
• You Are Love (2011)
  • "Under Grace"
  • "Saving Me"
  • "You Are Love"
  • "We are Your People"
  • "I Will Wait"
  • "Beautiful"
  • "Hope for Humanity"
  • "Faithful"
  • "Cry of the Broken"
  • "Face to face"

See also[link]

• Extravagant Worship: The Songs of Darlene Zschech
• Kiss of Heaven
• Change Your World
• You Are Love

• List of Hillsong albums

Notes and references[link]

1. ^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 1067. ISBN 1-56563-679-1. 
2. ^ "Mercy Ministries admits claims were false". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 December 2009. http://www.smh.com.au/national/mercy-ministries-admits-claims-were-false-20091216-kxl4.html. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
3. ^ "Undertaking". ACCC. 16 December 2009. http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=906586&nodeId=3e5d2c62fdfda22b0c1c708fe24326ff&fn=Undertaking.pdf. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
4. ^ "Dove Awards 2000". Metro lyrics. http://www.metrolyrics.com/2000-dove-awards.html. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 

External links[link]

• official website
• Hope Rwanda project by Mark and Darlene Zschech
• Faithtalks.com Interview with Darlene Zschech
• Song/Ministry links

Graham Brown (October 24, 1924 – December 13, 2011) was an American actor best known for his work in the theatre.^[1]

Biography[link]

Born Robert Brown in New York, New York, he is best known for his work on the stage. He attended Howard University where he earned a BA in theater. He also studied method acting at the Actor's Studio in New York. He began his career as a Shakespearean actor at Guthrie Theater where he appeared in productions like Hamlet and Richard III.^[2] Brown was an original member of Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) and played in many NEC productions like: Malcochon by Derek Walcott, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men by Lonnie Elder III, District Line and The River Niger both by Joseph A Walker. He was part of the original cast of controversial play Song of the Lusitanian Bogey by Peter Weiss which toured Europe and was subject to a riot in a London theatre in August 1968. Graham Brown was often cast as professional and/or highly educated people such as doctors and clergymen.

One of his best remembered roles was as "Jared Philibert", the 50-year-old patriarch of a Caribbean-American family in Steve Carter's critically acclaimed play, Nevis Mountain Dew. He originated the role in NEC's Off-Broadway production and reprised the role in the West Coast premiere of the play. For the latter he received a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his performance.^[3]

Selected credits[link]

Theatre[link]

Film[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Graham Brown at the Internet Broadway Database
• Graham Brown at the Internet Movie Database
• Graham Brown at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Graham Brown at the Internet Theatre Database

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Darlene Love (née Wright; born July 26, 1941^[1] ) is an American popular music singer and actress. She gained prominence in the 1960s for the song "He's a Rebel," a #1 American single in 1962, and was part of the Phil Spector stable that produced a celebrated Christmas album in 1963.

Biography[link]

Early career[link]

Darlene Wright was born in 1938 (according to some sources). She began singing with her local church choir in Hawthorne, California. While still in high school (1959) she was invited to join a little-known girl group called The Blossoms,^[2] who in 1962 began working with producer Phil Spector. With her powerful voice she was soon a highly sought-after vocalist, and managed to work with many of the legends of 1950s and 1960s rock and soul, including Sam Cooke, Dionne Warwick, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones and Sonny and Cher; Darlene and the Blossoms sang back-up vocals on the Shelley Fabares hit "Johnny Angel", Sharon Marie (Esparza) (a Brian Wilson act), as well as John Phillips' solo album John, Wolfking of L.A., recorded in 1969. They also appeared on Johnny Rivers' hits, including "Poor Side of Town" and Motown covers "Baby I Need Your Loving" and "The Tracks of My Tears". (The Blossoms recorded singles, usually with little success, on Capitol 1957-58 [pre-Darlene Love], Challenge 1961-62, OKeh 1963, Reprise 1966-67, Ode 1967, MGM 1968, Bell 1969-70, and Lion 1972.)

With The Blossoms, Love also sang backing vocals on many of the biggest hits of the 1960s, including Spector's own "Da Doo Ron Ron" (allegedly recorded with her lead, which was later erased by Spector and re-recorded using Crystals' lead Dolores "LaLa" Brooks). Though credited by Spector as singles recorded by The Crystals, "He's A Rebel" and "He's Sure The Boy I Love" actually featured Love singing lead, backed by The Blossoms.^[3] "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" was released as a single by Spector, and featured Love's name as the artist. She says that Spector offered $3,000 for her rights to the song. And though he said it was going to be a hit, she took the money. But, in spite of that decision, she said that she has continued to have a career because people have loved hearing her sing her songs. She was also part of a trio called Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, who recorded a cover version of "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", an Oscar-winning song from the Walt Disney film, Song of the South, which got into the Top 10 in 1963. The Blossoms landed a weekly part on Shindig!, one of the top music shows of the era. They were part of the highly acclaimed Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special, which aired on NBC.

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is a song by Darlene Love from the 1963 holiday compilation album, A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records. The song was written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, along with Phil Spector, with the intention of being sung by Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes. According to Love, Ronnie Spector was not able to put as much emotion into the song as needed. Instead, Love was brought into the studio to record the song, which became a big success over time and one of Love's signature tunes.

Career break[link]

Into the 1970s Love continued to work as a back-up singer, before taking a break in order to raise a family. In 1973, she recorded vocals as a cheerleader along with Michelle Phillips, for the Cheech & Chong single "Basketball Jones", which peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.^{[citation needed]}

1980s return[link]

Love returned to music in the early 1980s and to an appreciative audience she thought might have long since forgotten her. She had been performing at venues like the Roxy in L.A., and it was a conversation with Steven Van Zandt that greased the wheels for her to come to New York and begin performing there in 1982, at places like The Bottom Line. In addition to singing the songs that made her famous, she has re-explored her gospel roots on several recordings.^{[citation needed]} She also sang "OOO Wee Baby" in the 1980 movie "The Idolmaker".

In the mid-1980s she portrayed herself in the Tony Award-nominated jukebox musical Leader of the Pack, which featured the iconic rock and roll songs written by Ellie Greenwich, many of them for the young Love. The showstopping number of that show, "River Deep - Mountain High", had been recorded by Phil Spector with Ike & Tina Turner and had been less than the success they had expected. Leader of the Pack commenced as a revue at the Greenwich Village nightclub the Bottom Line, as did the later show about Love's life, Portrait of a Singer, which never made the move uptown. Portrait included covers of "The Change Is Going to Come" and "Don't Make Me Over", as well as "River Deep, Mountain High" and original music from some of the instrumental writers of early rock and roll, including Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Love contributed a cover of The Hollywood Argyles song "Alley Oop" to the soundtrack of the 1984 film Bachelor Party.

In 1987, Love sang back-up for U2's cover of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", while in 1990, Cher invited Love and her sister Edna Wright as her background vocalists for the Heart of Stone tour. She also released a minor single in 1992 with "All Alone on Christmas", written and composed by Steven Van Zandt, which can be found on the Home Alone 2: Lost in New York soundtrack. Love also contributed vocals to the soundtrack of the film Jingle All the Way. In October 2007, Love released the holiday collection It's Christmas, Of Course, featuring her versions of classic yuletide tunes from the 1970s and 1980s.^{[citation needed]}

She continues to do a Christmas show every year in New York City, which is always capped by "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)".

Acting roles[link]

In the late 1980s and 1990s, Love also began an acting career, playing Danny Glover's wife Trish Murtaugh in the four Lethal Weapon movies.^[2] Love has performed in a number of 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.^[4] She later reprised the role in The Hollywood Bowl production of the show in 2011.

Television appearances[link]

Love has performed the song "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" every year since 1986 on the last episode before Christmas of Late Night with David Letterman (NBC 1986 - 1992) and the Late Show with David Letterman (CBS 1993 to present). The song is always performed with Paul Shaffer and the show's house band (The World's Most Dangerous Band at NBC, now the CBS Orchestra), with the band being augmented over the years by additional strings and other instruments, as well as a choir.^{[citation needed]} Letterman has stated that the annual performance is his favorite part of Christmas. Due to the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike, Love was unable to perform on the Letterman show in 2007;^[5] a repeat of her 2006 performance was shown instead.

She was a special guest on the December 17, 2005, broadcast of Saturday Night Live, singing "White Christmas" with the SNL band and providing the vocals for a Robert Smigel cartoon, "Christmastime for the Jews". Love was the musical guest on Late Show with David Letterman on May 7, 2007, performing "River Deep-Mountain High". Love performed with Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band in November 2009 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert at Madison Square Garden.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[link]

On December 15, 2010, it was announced that Love had been chosen for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[6] On March 14, 2011, Love was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,^[7] with a speech by Bette Midler.^[8]

Discography[link]

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U.S. albums[link]

• 1963 - Various Artists Today's Hits (Philles Records #4004)
• 1963 - Various Artists A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records (Philles Records #4005)
• 1977 - Various Artists Phil Spector's Greatest Hits (Warner/Spector Records #9104)
• 1978 - Various Artists Lakeshore Music presents Rock and Roll Forever (Warner Special Products #2508) (same as above release)
• 1985 - Leader of the Pack Original Broadway Cast (Elektra Records #60420)
• 1985 - Darlene Love Live! (Rhino Records RNLP #855)
• 1988 - Paint Another Picture (Columbia Records #40605)
• 1990 - Various Artists Dick Tracy: Music from and inspired by the film (Sire/Reprise Records #26236)
• 1991 - Various Artists Back to Mono (1958-1969) (ABKCO Records #7118) (box set)
• 1992 - Various Artists A Very Special Christmas 2 (A&M Records #450003)'
• 1992 - The Best of Darlene Love (The Philles Recordings) (ABKCO Records #7213)
• 1992 - Bringing It Home (with Lani Groves) (Shanachie Records #9003)
• 1998 - Various Artists Grease Is the Word (Rhino Records)
• 2007 - It's Christmas of Course (Shout! Factory Records #10569)
• 2008 - So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958-1998 (Ace CDCHD 1169)
• 2011 - The Sound Of Love: The Very Best Of Darlene Love Audio CD
• 2011 - The Sound Of Love: The Very Best Of Darlene Love Blu-spec CD (Released in 2nd November 2011)

U.S. singles[link]

Incomplete list of recordings.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Darlene Love at the Internet Movie Database
• Darlene Love at the Internet Broadway Database
• Darlene Love at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• History of Rock and Roll: Darlene Love
• Who Is Darlene Love? Official blog and news site.