Dawn Penn is a Jamaican reggae singer who is best known internationally for the 1994 hit "You Don't Love Me (No No No)" Dawn started her career recording rocksteady singles including "You don't love me" (1967). In 1992, she performed the song with Steely and Clevie on an anniversay show for Studio 1. From that, a new version was put together and the rest is history.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Jun 1994 3 You Don't Love Me (No No No)
What happened next?
In 2011, Dawn Penn released a music video for the song "City Life", directed by Antoine Dixon-Bellot.
On 30 June 2013, Penn performed "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" at the BET Awards. In 2014, The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra released the single "Bangarang" featuring Penn on lead vocals, and she appeared in the official video to accompany the single. Penn joined the Ska Orchestra on stage to perform the track, on Halloween night 2013, at The Jazz Café in London's Camden Town. Penn also appeared with Thompson and backing singer Darren Fordham on Jools Holland's 2013/14 Hootenanny and again at the Glastonbury Festival in 2014.
"You Don't Love Me (No No No)" has been sampled and covered by the many artists notably by Rihanna with Vybz Kartel on her 2005 album "Music of the Sun".
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