Ellen Maddox and Reverend Joe Wright welcomed Darlene Love into the world on July 26, 1941 in Los Angeles.
The lead singer of the band Honey Cone is her younger sister Edna Wright. She spent some of her formative years in Texas but largely in Los Angeles.
Darlene Love siblings: Meet Edna Wright
American singer and actress Darlene Wright, better known by her stage name Darlene Love, was born on July 26, 1941. She recorded as a solo artist in addition to being the Blossoms’ lead singer.
She was a devoted member of her church and had grown up listening to gospel music as the daughter of a pastor.
In Hawthorne, California, Wright joined her neighborhood church choir when she was ten years old. Cora Martin-Moore, the choir’s director, noticed her during practice.
She was requested to go to the Music Mart after singing for Martin-Moore, where she sang and did some broadcasts. It was also the primary motivator for her to seek a career in music because it was her first musical encounter.
