L-O-V-E
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"L-O-V-E" is a jazz song written by Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler for American singer-pianist Nat King Cole's 1965 album L-O-V-E (the last album released before his death on February 15, 1965).
Covers
The song has been covered by several artists, including Frank Sinatra, King Cole's daughter, Natalie Cole, Michael Bublé Chelsea Krombach, and in 2007, English soul singer Joss Stone for the Joe Wright-directed advertising campaign for Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle fragrance. Stone's version was released worldwide to iTunes Store on September 18, 2007, and reached number one hundred on the UK Singles Chart the week of November 17, 2007, spending only one week on the chart. Stone performed a duet of the song with Natalie Cole at Frosted Pink, an ABC-televised benefit concert to raise awareness of women's cancer, held at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California, on October 6, 2007. In 2008, Mark Weber recorded a version of the song for his jazz-pop album "When I Fall In Love." On February 11th, 2009, Julia Nunes uploaded a cover version onto her YouTube channel.
Eoghan Quigg sang the song during the Big Band-Themed Week on the fifth season of The X Factor.
Charts (Joss Stone version)
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Italian FIMI Download Chart | 69 |
| Luxembourgian Airplay Chart[1] | 9 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[2] | 75 |
| UK Singles Chart[3] | 100 |
In Popular Culture
- A recording by Natalie Cole featured in the film Bewitched (2005).
- The Frank Sinatra cover was also featured in the title sequence of 1998 film The Parent Trap.
References
- ^ "Chartbreaker Top 50". Eldoradio (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Joss Stone – L-O-V-E – swisscharts.com". SwissCharts.com. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Chart Stats – Joss Stone – L-O-V-E". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
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