Nat 'King' Cole - 'I'm Through With Love'

One of the great Jazz Standards from the 1930's
words & Music by...

Gus Kahn/Matt Malneck/'Fud' Livingston (1931)

Lyrics

I'm through with love, I'll never fall again.
Said adieu to love, don't ever call again.
For I must have you or no one,
And so I'm through with love.
I've locked my heart; I'll keep my feelings there.
I have stocked my heart with icy, frigid air.
And I mean to care for no one,
Because I'm through with love
Why did you lead me to think you could care?
You didn't need me, you had your share
Of slaves around you to hound you and swear
with deep emotion and devotion to you.
Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me;
It can never bring the thing that used to be.
For I must have you or no one,
And so I'm through with love, baby, and so I'm through with love.

'Fud' Livingston started out on accordion and piano before settling on saxophone. He played with Talmadge Henry in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1923, then worked with Ben Pollack, the California Ramblers, Jean Goldkette, Nat Shilkret, Don Voorhees, and Jan Garber; he also recorded freelance with musicians such as Joe Venuti, Red Nichols, and Miff Mole. He did some arrangement work for Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke, including the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty".
He worked with Fred Elizalde in London in 1929, then returned to New York City to play with Paul Whiteman. His stint with Whiteman, which lasted from 1930 to 1933, was mainly as an arranger, though he played occasionally. Later in the 1930s he worked with Benny Goodman (1934), Jimmy Dorsey (1935-37), Bob Zurke, and Pinky Tomlin (1940). He essentially stopped writing and arranging at this point, though he occasionally performed in small-time venues in New York in the 1950s. He never recorded as a leader.

His compositions included "Feelin' No Pain", "Imagination", "Humpty Dumpty", recorded by Frankie Trumbauer with Bix Beiderbecke, "Harlem Twist" with Chauncey Morehouse", and the jazz standard "I'm Through With Love".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Nat
• 'King'
• Cole
• Jazz
• Standard
• Love
• Song
• Ballad
• I'm
• Through
• With
• Blues/soul

[lynage1]

This is the reason music transcends time....They didn't call him the "KING" for nothing. Thanks pal for sharing this great song .

[trooper7h]

lynage1,

Thank you for that very friendly comment.:)

I totally agree with your comment about music transcending time...I am finding that i t can also bridge the generations.

regards,

trooper7h

[londonpenda]

Beautiful voice..

Thanks ; )

[trooper7h]

ondonpenda,

Thanks for you very welcome comment ...Please excuse the delay in replying to it.

Best wishes,

trooper7h

[Corrie121]

I have a 1930's Bing Crosby recording of this great song, but I think this Nat King Cole version is the definitive one.

Thank you for sharing.

[trooper7h]

Hiya Corrie121,

Thank you for your continued interest in my videos and your comments and rating.:)

Best wishes,

trooper7h

[ZCodeProductions]

If I close your eyes you can imagine very vividly what this song's feel is. What I imagine is like a restaurant that you go to every Saturday night with perfectly dimmed lights. You're once again seated by the waitress you know so well. Every time you order the same thing. And every Saturday this singer who you've never quite seemed to ask the name of comes in at 8:30 on the dot and sings this song every time. After singing it you enjoy it more and more every time. Kinda sets a mood.

[ihave2namez]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing! :-)

[redshark618]

What an absolutely definitive voice!

[brianallancobb]

Gus Kahn also wrote the lyric for my other theme song: I Fall In Love Too Easily. :-)

[allenwood100]

First time i heard this song was in 1975 as a little boy - Alfalfa of the Little Rascals sang it on their show once and did a good job of it; all these years the song stuck with me. For a little boy, i was strangely romantic

[Guill0rtiz]

ok first i noticed "nature boy" was a song by some one called "Nat King Cole", Then the song from The Parent Trap "L.O.V.E." now this... WHY I HAD NEVER HEAD OF HIM BEFORE? this man is a titan!

[Funnylovefunnylife]

I've hit the replay button so many times today!

[moonraven3]

I was never big fan of Nat King Cole, except of course "Paper Moon." But this is an excellent rendition of this timeless classic. Thanks for the upload.

[brunotupi83br]

I can't stop listening to it!

[gabumonfanclubx]

@ZCodeProductions Exactly :)

[garymarksmusic]

Awesome!