he said, darlene, that voice is really loud. darlene, back up, baby sister. before the session was over, i was almost out the door. knew how topened, i sing in choir and church but i did not know how to sing in a studio. that is what they taught me to do. to be a studio singer. that is what i learned from darlene. a year later, bobby darin signed me to a record deal at 15 years old. by the time i got to ray charles, i thought i knew everything. i want to ask a follow-up on this. one of the things that we know that ray caught hell for was for taking the gospel sound that we all know -- i was raised in a church, new bethel. darlene was raised in a pentecostal family. my mother is a pentecostal minister to this day. i know this story. we need all that. hell for taking that gospel sound. everybody saw the movie and what he had to deal with. did either of you have misgivings about coming out of the church, coming out of the gospel tradition? making secular music? out.wanted we came from a family where we did not have a whole bunch of money. we had a lot of love. w

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only from progressive. >> ladies and gentlemen, darlene love. snoited ♪ the way you walk down the street ♪ ♪ the way shuffles his feet ♪ ♪ when he goes walking by ♪ he's my guy ♪ hold my head down ♪ he's not just one of the-- ♪ ♪ does the things he never does ♪ ♪ ♪ he's a rebel and he'll never, ever be any good ♪ ♪ he's a rebel ♪ because he never does what he should ♪ ♪ just because he didn't do what everybody else does ♪ ♪ that's no reason why ♪ i can't give you all my love ♪ ♪ he's always good to me ♪ always treats me tenderly ♪ ♪ he's my rebel ♪ to me ♪ don't like him that way ♪ i'll be standing by his side. >>> he's a rebel and he'll never be any, any good ♪ ♪ just because he doesn't do what everybody else does ♪ snoets that's no reason why we can't share a love ♪ ♪ he's always good to me, good to him i try to be ♪ ♪ cause he's not rebel oh no, no, no, ♪ ♪ to me ♪ no, he's not a rebel oh no, no ♪ ♪ he's not a rebel no, no, he's not a rebel no, no, ♪ ♪ he's

us, darlene, lisa fischer, and the anointing just came over us. we walked out on that stage and started that song. artist got through, the just propelled them out of their seat. you can kick behind and take names and know that you know that you are wonderful, that is my joy. tavis: all right. that's it. i can do no more. that's it. feetroject is called "20 to stardom." it is out on dvd and cd, nominated for an academy award for best documentary and features merry clayton and darlene love. i love me some lisa fisher. i had a good time. and you didn't even think. >> if i had a little time, i would drop it. i had a heckuva time. love you both. >> we are proud of the work you are doing and we love you. tavis: comeback anytime. it is our show for tonight. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a deep dive into what is grabbing the country's attention in the coming week. that is next time, we will see you then. >> and by contributions to your p

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that wasn't unusual for darlene love. her job was to sing backup for other singers and she diddet for the best of them including elvis presley, frank sinatra, and dionne warwick. despite decades of chart-topping songs, she never knew fame. she eventually quit singing and became a maid to support herself. this year she's in a documentary "20 feet from stardom." i looked up and said, okay, all right, darlene, this is not where you're supposed to be. since then she's worked her way to the top of the music world and has sung christmas "baby, please come home" and worked for david letterman since 1986. in 2011 she was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. rolling stone called her one of the greatest singers of all time. >> a lot of other artists agree with that. darlene love, welcome. >> good morning, good morning. >> you were initially hesitant to participate in this document rehntry, why? >> because over the years people ask you to do things, put something in a book, would you write something, you never get any credi

darlene deuce is struggling to breathe. she calls 911 and tells the operator where she is. >> 602 wales drive. >> 602 wales drive? >> yes. >> instead of dispatching an ambulance to wales drive, the dispatcher sends paramedics to wells street, w-e-l-l-s. 27 miles away from darlene. darlene dies from a blood clot, police say. after an ambulance takes more than 45 minutes to find her. >> very, very critical amount of time in terms of the response time necessary to save somebody's life. >> when you call 911, slowly say and spell out the name of the street address. at number 16, lost patients. nursing home patient mary cole turns up missing during a bed check. finding her becomes a manhunt. noted on her missing person poster, she suffers from alzheimer's disease and maybe disoriented. her daughter, tammy terry, clings to hope and joins the search. >> from morning until pitch dark. >> four days go by until mary is finally found inside the nursing home, locked in a storage closet. >> i believed and trusted them when they said we s

you profile darlene love and her move from back up to rock and roll hall of fame career. but in there, somewhere she ended up as all house maid let's look at how she got a signed during that low point. >> one particular christmas i was clean this is lady's bathroom, ♪ ♪ >> and christmas baby please come home, my christmas record came on the radio while i was cleaning the bathroom. and i just looked up and just said, okay, all right, darling this is not where you are suppose the to be. you are supposed to be singing. there is a whole world out there that wants to hear you sing. ♪ christmas ♪ pretty lights on the tree >> and, of course, there was. but how difficult is it to make a living as a background singer? >> it's very difficult. i mean, only the best of the best survive in that industry. but it's a tough industry. the music industry is difficult and it's certainly got through a lot of changes. but it's one of those odd paradoxes about the back up world that as a backup singer you hear your voice on the radio all the time and now that i have spent all this time

and my guest ledge enary singer darlene love stars in a documentary called 20 feet from stardom, tonight she'll be 16 feet closer. major league baseball he is eliminating home plate collisions. apparently they violate baseball's long-standing ban on action. this is the colbert

only our interview and darlene has created history. he's become the joint record holder the most amount of winter olympic medals in the past twelve to his name and seven of them and golds. he's also become the oldest individual gold medal winner in winter olympics history. this is off the heat claimed gold in the men's ten k sprint events there was also a way to cut this plate from the netherlands at the speedskating in the men's five thousand meat is likely that one to three gold silver and bronze spend kramer successfully defending his title. well let's take a look out the medals table maybe we can see that it's no way that leads the way the migrants to the fantastic display by the netherlands has put them right up amongst the leaders are racing the fast of warding off the medals to the athletes. i stood up and daily at eight fourteen pm in the archives to cluster in the medals plaza that of course it happens at eight fourteen pm because as twenty fourteen representing the photo from top to the fullest in front us to carry show. qant

yes well by athletes all i know beyond darlene has created history he's become the joint record holder for the most amount of winter olympic medals he now has twelve to his name and seven of them a gold he's also the oldest winner of an individual gold medal in winter olympics history at the age of forty this is after he won gold in the ten k. sprint event but there was disappointment for russia's anton should pull in he finished fourth and he was less than one second behind the athlete who claimed the bronze medal and mention there was also a remarkable display by the netherlands they secured a one two three gold silver bronze in the men's five thousand meter speed skating event in the arena spend kramer successfully defending the title that he won in vancouver four years ago but again disappointing for russia with dennis and even finishing sixth and seventh respectively so there's been no medals for russia on day one but after the first round of the team event in the figure skating russia do currently lead the standings there now the owner of the first gold medal of the sochi twenty

now, san jose's ice skating darlene, paul lena edmonds is on her way to sochi. the 15-year-old sophomore tweeted this photo last night. the family of another skater who trains with paulina gifted her miles for her upgrade so she can stretch out in first class, as she should. she plans for training around a week before heading to sochi h her first competition is february 19th. >> how would you like to be on your flight? a figure skater, team usa. thanks for joining us at 5:00. hope to see you back here at 6:00. >> find us online on twitter and facebook. see you in a bit. >>> on our broadcast tonight, no end in sight. round two of a massive storm system hitting more than two dozen states. 120 million americans in its path. and warnings tonight about an even bigger storm to come. >>> russian roulette. our nbc news investigation, how americans in sochi are playing a game of chance with their electronics and their identities. tonight, richard engel has a look at how fast our team got hit. >>> his final days. we're learning more about the events leading up to the deat

restaurant with a waitress >> kenny says he worked as a restaurant at terry's restaurant so did victim darlene feren. three. >> i began to see a foot print >> a boot print found at the crime scene. his father worked at mayor i'll land and would have access to this type of boot. we're told he briefly worked at a military surplus. meyers didn't know san francisco cab driver cab driver. he was just robbing the cab driver. >> he told you that? >> yes. for drug money. >> meyers got in trouble with police unrelated to the zodiac murders including disorderly conduct, theft and possession of stolen property. >> louie was a good guy. >> this childhood friend of louie's stopped hanging around with him after miers started getting arrested. >> he went into the army. >> military records show meyers stationed in germany between yun 1971 and january, 1973. zodiac didn't send letters during that time. after the army, meyers moved back to new york and became a trucker making runs back to the bay area. robotel says meyers confessed in 1976. >> that was the time he told me he was the zodiac. >> he didn't believe

restaurant with a waitress >> kenny says he worked as a restaurant at terry's restaurant so did victim darlene feren. three. >> i began to see a foot print >> a boot print found at the crime scene. his father worked at mayor i'll land and would have access to this type of boot. we're told he briefly worked at a military surplus. meyers didn't know san francisco cab driver cab driver. he was just robbing the cab driver. >> he told you that? >> yes. for drug money. >> meyers got in trouble with police unrelated to the zodiac murders including disorderly conduct, theft and possession of stolen property. >> louie was a good guy. >> this childhood friend of louie's stopped hanging around with him after miers started getting arrested. >> he went into the army. >> military records show meyers stationed in germany between yun 1971 and january, 1973. zodiac didn't send letters during that time. after the army, meyers moved back to new york and became a trucker making runs back to the bay area. robotel says meyers confessed in 1976. >> that was the time he told me he was the zodiac. >> he didn't believe

darlene love, from backup to hall of fame career but in there somewhere she ended up as a house maid. let's look at how she got assigned. >> one particular christmas i was cleaning this lady's bathroom. ♪ ♪ >> and christmas baby, please come home, my christmas record, came on the radio while i was cleaning the bathroom. ♪ >> and i just looked up and said okay, all right darling, this is not where you're supposed to be. you're supposed to be singing. there's a whole world out there who wants to hear you sing! ♪ >> and of course there was. but how difficult is it to make a living at a background singer? >> it's very difficult. i mean only the best of the best survive in that industry but it's a tough industry. the music industry is difficult and it's certainly gone through a lot of changes. it is one of the pai paradoxes, in restaurants and elevators they always say, oh, that's me singing. but just because people see you in proximity to rock stars, they assume you have a much more glamorous lucrative life than what you have, while many of them have gong through very, very diffic

darlene love, from backup to hall of fame career but in there somewhere she ended up as a house maid. let's look at how she got assigned. >> one particular christmas i was cleaning this lady's bathroom. ♪ ♪ >> and christmas baby, please come home, my christmas record, came on the radio while i was cleaning the bathroom. ♪ >> and i just looked up and said okay, all right darling, this is not where you're supposed to be. you're supposed to be singing. there's a whole world out there who wants to hear you sing! ♪ >> and of course there was. but how difficult is it to make a living at a background singer? >> it's very difficult. i mean only the best of the best survive in that industry but it's a tough industry. the music industry is difficult and it's certainly gone through a lot of changes. it is one of the pai paradoxes,n restaurants and elevators they always say, oh, that's me singing. but just because people see you in proximity to rock stars, they assume you have a much more glamorous lucrative life than what you have, while many of them have gong through very, very difficul

good stuff, darlene. we love to hear from you. go to gerriwillis.com. finally tonight every once in a while you get a window what is really going on and how thing really work. that is what happened tonight when we talked to dennis hill, an insurance agent in north carolina. hill found hits efforts to enroll his clients on federal obamacare exchange, frustrating. nearly half the applications he files gets turned back with obscure and odd questions. and despite being told by hhs, health and human services, to keep on enrolling people despite notices asking for more information, hill is beginning to wonder whether this is a national problem. his experience begs the question, whether enrollments really are as high as the obama administration claims. report from the field, report from someone experiencing obamacare first-hand, and the news is not good. my two cents more. that is it for tonight's "willis report." thanks for joining us. have a great night neil: this just in, obamacare down not out. that is not democrats saying that. that is republicans saying

the next letter comes from darlene trudy, scotsdale, arizona. i'm mad as hell because the obama administration is launching a hundred million dollar aebt tobacco campaign yet the prident calls pot smoking a bad habit. >> if kids right now aren't confused, it's beyond me. but nevertheless this is a new campaign that started two days ago. $115 million going to this campaign to tell kids not to smoke. aimed at 12 to 17-year-olds. >> do they have the usual guy with the tracheotomy and wheezing. >> it's a radio, television, internet campaign. it's a bad habit, don't pick it up basically. >> are they showing you like skeleton people? i thought that was pretty effective. the guy comes on. >> i think they were effective years ago certainly. so i don't know what this one is going to do. >> anybody smoking now has to be a moron. >> but confusing with the president talking about pot and equating that with alcohol. >> don't do any of that. >>> our final letter is from vincent. i'm mad because people are laughing at my sick cat, bonster. he has diabetes and

the next letter comes from darlene trudy, scotsdale, arizona. i'm mad as hell because the obama administration is launching a hundred million dollar aebt tobacco campaign yet the president calls pot smoking a bad habit. >> if kids right now aren't confused, it's beyond me. but nevertheless this is a new campaign that started two days ago. $115 million going to this campaign to tell kids not to smoke. aimed at 12 to 17-year-olds. >> do they have the usual guy with the tracheotomy and wheezing. >> it's a radio, television, internet campaign. it's a bad habit, don't pick it up basically. >> are they showing you like skeleton people? i thought that was pretty effective. the guy comes on. >> i think they were effective years ago certainly. so i don't know what this one is going to do. >> anybody smoking now has to be a moron. >> but confusing with the president talking about pot and equating that with alcohol. >> don't do any of that. >>> our final letter is from vincent. i'm mad because people are laughing at my sick cat, bonster. he has diabetes an

part of the denial comes from a county staff which reads, "no one in our office had any knowledge that darlene was posting political comments." walker's campaign strategist responded, "just talked with tom. send it." gosh, that sounds so new jersey, doesn't it? now, these are just a few examples of what was found in the document dump. this could be why walker set up a legal defense fund back in 2012. we have been on this story from the start. big trouble for governor scott walker of wisconsin. two staffers who work for walker when he was milwaukee county executive have been charged with illegally doing campaign work while being paid by the county. it's all part of an ongoing john doe investigation involving walker's staffers. we have a major development in wisconsin with governor scott walker and the secret investigation surrounding his time as milwaukee county executive. today walker announced that he will finally meet with the district attorney leading the investigation. the buzzards i guess you could say are starting to circle around the rookie governor on this john doe investigation in a b

>> by the way, so it goes through darlene's life when she was younger and backup singer. it is a fascinating, fascinating, fascinating documentary. >> they get a real look at what it is really like. >> they do. >> they have the anonymity but the excitement of being part of it, you know? >> we have the -- where is our jimmy fallon sign? here it is. okay. so we don't -- we begged him. we just sent him one e-mail, but anyway, he was busy. anyway, so, but we do have the jimmy fallon sign, we're so excited he's starting tonight. he's going to be on at midnight. oh, my god, george washington -- >> come on in, george. >> anyway -- >> you know what, george? we don't want to -- >> we're happy you made it, george. ♪ >> how is 48th street? not great? got stuck. >> i would love to know what kept him on 48th street. >> traffic. okay. >> george, thank you. >> thank you for your service to our nation, sir. you are prominently involved in "the traitor's wife." you remember that? did you know that -- you knew that part of peggy, didn't you? peggy arnold, benedict arnold's wife was a tra

darlene is joining us from west virginia, good morning. should the nfl be tax-exempt? caller: no, they should not be. i like sports, all sports, and i am a big fan. i don't spend a lot of money on it, i stay home and watch it but my husband was a minister and they said he was self-employed. he was not, he was under the rulings of the governing churches. a higher taxaxed than the ordinary person. i think everyone should pay their own taxes. thank you. "the atlanta journal- constitution," more of the aftereffects of the ice storm that hit the area and gridlocked the city on tuesday afternoon. from "the sunday star-ledger" in new jersey, more on governor chris christie. at a super bowl event. clifton is joining us from saint augustine, florida, good morning. out throughve found conversations with clients of mine that the nfl was tax- exempt. it was a shock when i heard it, as much money as they make. regardless of the amount of money that got, those are powerful institutions and make lots of money. this is one of the subjects that comes under tax reform. this is one reaso