Cher:

Well, with Darlene, I wasn’t going to sing her song without her.

–via AP News (October 20, 2023)

Darlene Love:

Very rarely do I get a chance to talk to her on the phone, I usually talk to her in person somewhere when we run into each other,” Love tells Billboard. “And she said, ‘Hey, doll!’ I hadn’t talked to her in so long I said, ‘This is who?’ and she said ‘Cher, b–ch!’” Love says, bursting into laughter. “I was so humbled that she wanted to sing, ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ with me. Between the two of us, I don’t know who was more excited. There are parts in the song when sing together and I’m hitting high notes and she goes right there with me. Cher’s voice has not changed in the smallest bit, it is still so powerful. I think everybody is going to be shocked and surprised because it really came out fantastic. Not that I didn’t think it would, but the song is 60 years old. I’m 82. Cher is [77].

–via Billboard (October 6, 2023)