L-O-V-E
Nat King Cole, Feb 19, 2017
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on a Jazz song with the title "L.O.V.E" and a foot stomping cheer with that same title.
This post showcases a YouTube sound file and the lyrics for the 1964 Jazz song "L.O.V.E" that was recorded by African American singer Nat 'King' Cole.
Information about Nat 'King' Cole is also included in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/04/similarities-between-1970s-sesame.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a 1970s Sesame Street clip that has the same tune, textual (word) pattern, and very similar performance style as the foot stomping cheer "L.O.V.E". That post presents text (word only) examples of that cheer, including the earliest example of that foot stomping cheer that I've come across is from the 1980s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Note: The only similarity between this foot stomping cheer and Nat King Cole's Jazz song "L.O.V.E" is the titles of these two compositions. That may have been a coincidence as it seems unlikely that the composer/s of that foot stomping cheer would have been familiar with that Jazz song.
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Thanks to Nat King Cole for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT NAT KING COLE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole
"Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15,
1965),[1] known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz
pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the
late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded
over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts.
Cole began his career as a jazz pianist in the late 1930s, when he formed the King Cole Trio, which became the top-selling group (and the only black act) on Capitol Records in the 1940s. Cole's trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Starting in 1950, he transitioned to become a solo singer billed as Nat King Cole. Despite achieving mainstream success, Cole faced intense racial discrimination during his career. While not a major vocal public figure in the civil rights movement, Cole was a member of his local NAACP branch and participated in the 1963 March on Washington. He regularly performed for civil rights organizations. From 1956 to 1957, Cole hosted the NBC variety series The Nat King Cole Show, which became the first nationally broadcast television show hosted by a Black American.
Some of Cole's most notable singles include "Unforgettable", "Smile", "A Blossom Fell", "Nature Boy", "When I Fall in Love", "Let There Be Love", "Mona Lisa", "Autumn Leaves", "Stardust", "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "The Very Thought of You", "For Sentimental Reasons", "Embraceable You" and "Almost Like Being in Love". His 1960 Christmas album The Magic of Christmas (also known as The Christmas Song), was the best-selling Christmas album released in the 1960s; and was ranked as one of the 40 essential Christmas albums (2019) by Rolling Stone.[2] In 2022, Cole's recording of "The Christmas Song", broke the record for the longest journey to the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, when it peaked at number nine, 62 years after it debuted on the chart; and was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry.[3][4]
Cole received numerous accolades including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960) and a Special Achievement Golden Globe Award.[5] Posthumously, Cole has received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1990), along with the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award (1992) and has been inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame (1997), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2000), and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame (2020). NPR named him one of the 50 Great Voices. Cole was the father of singer Natalie Cole (1950–2015), who covered her father's songs in the 1991 album Unforgettable... with Love"
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LYRICS - L.O.V.E
(written by Milt Gabler, composed by Bert Kaempfert )
[Verse 1]
L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore can
[Chorus]
Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it, take my heart and please don't
break it
Love was made for me and you
[Verse 2]
L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore can
[Refrain]
Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it, take my heart and please don't
break it
Love was made for me and you
[Outro]
Love a-was made for me and you
Love a-was made for me and you"
About
“L-O-V-E” is a jazz/swing song written by Milt Gabler,
composed by Bert Kaempfert, and sung by Nat King Cole. It was originally
released on his 1964 album L-O-V-E. The song has been covered multiple times,
including by Diana Krall and Michael Bublé.
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