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=== Most ''Late Show'' appearances ===
The person who appeared the most on the ''Late Show'' was media personality [[Regis Philbin]], with 150 total appearances over the show's 22-season run. [[Jack Hanna]] was in second place with 103 appearances, followed by [[Tony Randall]] with 70, [[Marv Albert]] with 52, and [[Tom Brokaw]] with 49.

[[Darlene Love]] appeared with a musical number 21 times, most notably for a 19-year-long annual tradition of her performing "[[Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)]]" (18 live plus one video clip) on the show's last episode before Christmas. This continued a tradition that started in 1986 on Letterman's [[NBC]] show ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'', performing the song as Letterman's Christmas finale 28 times across his ''Late Show'' and ''Late Night'' run.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-12-14/darlene-love-christmas-without-david-letterman |title=For Darlene Love, a Christmas without David Letterman? |first=April |last=Peavey |work=[[Public Radio International]] |date=December 14, 2015 |access-date=September 28, 2017}}</ref> Love's final Christmas appearance was on December 19, 2014, nine days after the announcement that the show's finale would be in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/television/darlene-loves-last-letterman-christmas.html |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |title=Darlene Love's Last 'Letterman' Christmas |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 20, 2014}}</ref> Letterman has stated that the annual performance is his favorite part of Christmas. Due to the [[2007 Writers Guild of America strike]], Love was unable to perform on the Letterman show in 2007;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/columns/ci_7798837 |title=People: Love Lost for Letterman |first=Mike |last=Wolcott |date=December 24, 2007 |newspaper=[[Contra Costa Times]] |location=[[Walnut Creek, California]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228105813/http://www.contracostatimes.com/columns/ci_7798837?nclick_check=1 |archive-date=December 28, 2007}}</ref> instead, a repeat of her 2006 performance was shown. Love was also the musical guest on May 7, 2007, performing "[[River Deep – Mountain High]]", while also appearing as a background choral singer on October 15, 2008. Love had a 22nd appearance, appearing as an interview guest on June 12, 2013, to talk about the documentary ''[[20 Feet from Stardom]]''.

[[Blues Traveler]] holds the record for most appearances on the show by a band.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Umphrey's McGee & Blues Traveler |url=https://www.bluenotejazz.com/napa/shows/?eid=TWL6186434 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Blue Note Napa |language=en-US}}</ref>