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"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is a Christmas holiday song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 Christmas compilation album, ''A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records''. The song was written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry along with Phil Spector, with the intentions of being sung by Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes. According to Darlene 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. In December 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" first on its list of The Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs, saying that "nobody can match Love's emotion and sheer vocal power." ==In other media== Darlene Love had performed the song every year since 1986 on the final new episode before Christmas of ''Late Night with David Letterman'' (NBC 1986-92) and the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' (CBS 1993–2014). One exception was 2007, when Love was unable to perform due to the Writers' Strike,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=God save the Queen - she's on YouTube! )〕 with a repeat of her 2006 performance shown instead. She performs the song with Paul Shaffer and the show's house band (The World's Most Dangerous Band at NBC, now the CBS Orchestra) ((Behind the scenes video )). The band has been augmented over the years by additional strings and other instruments, as well as a full choir. In 2000, the US Air Force Singing Sergeants were the choir. One of the highlights of the performances was the sax solo by band member Bruce Kapler, who would make his entrance in entertaining ways, including pulled in on Santa Claus' sleigh, "flying" from the rafters on wires, walking down the steps of the audience risers, and appearing in a giant snow globe. Love's final appearance on Letterman's show came on December 19, 2014, as Letterman announced his retirement from hosting ''The Late Show'' earlier in the year. The immense publicity for this final performance found Love's original version of the song on the Billboard music charts, peaking at #21 on Billboard's Holiday Digital Songs chart. The song was also used during the main titles for the film ''Gremlins''. It also appears in a memorable scene in the film ''GoodFellas'', when some of the members of the crew foolishly spend money from the Lufthansa Heist on lavish items, thereby drawing unwanted attention. On the December 17, 2011 holiday episode of ''Saturday Night Live'', Jimmy Fallon sang a version of the song with lyrics reflecting upon his past experiences with the show. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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