I don't know a better song than this one to express the positive side of a broken relationship. Yeah, I'll go but you WILL miss my lovin'. Check out Lou's ad libbing near the end, it's pretty awesome. This is the second version I have done and this one is more club friendly.

This was my #1 song of 1976, spring to summer to fall and it still inspires hope in for some reason. Watching winter turn to spring...renewal. I was 16 and got my second job at McD's and it was on the soundtrack to my life through radio. It was played morning, noon and night...I never got tired of hearing it or Candi Staton's "Young Hearts Run Free" almost having equal airtime...gorgeous music to dance to and we needed to after the woes of the world were exposed on national media.

It is one of the greatest kiss off songs ever! Lou's deep baritone voice is gospel influenced over those gossamer strings and pleasantly full orchestra of MFSB with a disco beat. On the pop charts he peaked at #2 for two weeks, one week under Bee Gee's "You Should Be Dancing" and the second week (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty by KC & The Sunshine Band.

Lou was born December 1, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. He began singing as a young child cared for by his grandmother who became the guiding force in his life. He lost her at the age of 14, but always remembered she told him to keep singing in church and to go every Sunday from the age of 7.

Rawls joined the Army for two years and then joined the Pilgrim Travelers in 1957. Unfortunately, Lou was in a serious car accident in 1958 and it prevented him from performing or recording for over a year.

On his return, he signed with Capitol Records and got his first charting pop hit "Three O'Clock In The Morning" that reached #83. "Love Is A Hurtin' Thing" followed that one up and it did much better peaking at #13 pop and #1 R&B.

He floundered a bit throughout the rest of the 60's until he signed with MGM Records for one album and released "A Natural Man" a Grammy winning #17 pop hit. He was approached by Gamble & Huff and joined Philadelphia International. The duo listened to many of Rawls other singles and came up with a song that perfectly suited his talents, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". That song topped the R&B and Adult Contemporary Charts and very nearly made him a triple threat when the song peaked at #2 on the Hot100. It was certified gold.

He released many more singles, but none have approached the popularity of his best known song. 1978's "Lady Love" came the closest peaking at #24. His distinctive voice made him a natural as an actor/voiceover talent and he appeared on "Sesame Street", "The Big Valley" "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Blues Brothers 2000". He had become the voice behind the Spur Malt Liquor in the 60's so it was a natural that when Budweiser came calling that he would agree to the partnership.

He was the voice of the Postman in "Hey, Arnold!" and the singing voice of "Garfield". He was also invited to sing the National Anthem in 1977 for the Earnie Shavers/Muhammad Ali title fight at Madison Square Garden and was asked to do the honors many times over the next 28 years. His final anthem performance was in Chicago for the 2005 World Series between Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros. His final TV performance was on his 2005-2006 edition of his annual telethon where Stevie Wonder was being honored. Lou sang "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" and "It Was A Very Good Year"

In December of 2005 he was being treated for lung cancer and passed away January 6, 2006 at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

I had already done a disco purrfection version of this song, but when I got my paws on the music tracks I knew I had to put this second version out there...hope you like!