THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

820-Darlene Love-Christmas (Baby Please Come Home.)

1963-It didn’t chart in the UK until the introduction of digital downloads. It’s highest chart placing to date, was in 2018, when it peaked at Number 22.

Best Bit-At 1.16.The Spector of Christmas past.’Christmas (Baby Please Come Home’) is taken from the 1963 Album,’A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records,’ which over the years has become known as ‘A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector.’The Album is rated by music critics as the greatest festive Album of all time, with this track being the only original song, of the 13 compositions.All of the artists performing on the Album were under the management of Phil Spector (see also best songs 782-737 and 192,) including The Ronettes, and The Crystals.

The song was written by the legendary song writing team of Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich (see also best songs 331-262 and 192,) with Phil Spector also receiving writing credits.It was written with Spector’s future wife, Ronnie in mind, but Darlene Love was chosen instead, as her voice suited the song better.

Darlene Love was born Darlene Wright on July 26th, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, United States.In 1962 she achieved a Billboard Number 1 single with ‘He’s a Rebel,’ although it is credited to The Crystals.Beginning in 1986, and continuing for 29 years, Darlene Love performed this song annually on the final episode before Christmas of ‘Late Night With David Letterman,’ the exception was in 2007 when there was a writers strike, a repeat of her 2006 performance was shown instead.’

The snow’s coming down, I’m watching it fall, lots of people around, baby please come home.