Singer Darlene Love, the voice behind the iconic song “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home),” says she’s been snubbed repeatedly by producers of the Christmas tree lighting extravaganza at Rockefeller Center in New York City, reports Yahoo! Entertainment.
Love, now 78, described her unhappiness in a lengthy Facebook post Wednesday night, as the annual event was broadcast live on NBC.
She pointed out that, although she’s still alive and performing, younger artists who “can’t even hit the notes properly and are off key” are regularly brought in to perform her 1963 track. This year, the song went to Pitch Perfect alum Skylar Astin and former Glee actress Alex Newell, stars of the upcoming NBC show Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.
TV viewers can still catch Love performing her signature song for them. Gone are the days when she sang it every year on the Late Show With David Letterman, since Letterman retired in 2015, but she’s now made a tradition of singing it on ABC’s The View. She’s booked for the Dec. 20 show in 2019.
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