Dawn Penn (from Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer. Dawn Penns earliest recordings were composed and written by Dawn Penn around 1966 using session musicians. In 1967 she recorded the rocksteady single, You Dont Love Me produced byCoxsone Dodd at Studio One. She also recorded Why Did You Leave at Studio One, Broke My Heart for Bunny Lee, I Let You Go Boy and covers of To Sir with Love and Here Comes the Sun. By 1970 Penn had left the music industry and had moved to the Virgin Islands. In 1987, however, she returned to Jamaica and to music. In the summer of 1992 she was invited to appear on stage at a Studio One anniversary show, where she performed the song You Don’t Love Me with Steely & Clevie as backing musicians. The performance was a success, and she returned to therecording studio to re-record the song for the tribute album Steely & Clevie Play Studio One Vintage. It was released as the single You Dont Love Me (No, No, No) over a year later, reaching the charts in the U.S. and Europe, plus hitting #1 in her native Jamaica,[3] and making #3 in the UK Singles Chart.[4] Penns next album, No, No, No, was released on Big Beat Records in 1994. Subsequently, You Dont Love Me (No, No, No) has been sampled and covered by the artists Kano, Hexstatic, Jae Millz, Ghostface Killah, Mims, Eve featuring Stephen Marley and Damian Jr. Gong Marley. Their versions were all renamed as No, No, No, bar Ghostfaces, which was named New Splash. The song was performed by Blue King Brown on the Australian youth radio network Triple J programme Like a Version 2006. Penn performed at The Drum in Birmingham, England, in April 2006, supported by the Gabbidon band (which at the time included Faisal X) and, in the same year, Penn was on the bill at the Uppsala Reggae Festival in Sweden. In 2011, Penn released a music video for the song City Life, directed by Antoine Dixon-Bellot.[5] On June 30th 2013, Penn performed You Dont Love Me (No, No, No) at the Bet Awards. In 2014, The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra will be releasing the single Bangarang featuring Penn on lead vocals, and she will appear in the official video to accompany the single. Penn also joined the Ska Orchestra on stage, to perform the track, on Halloween night 2013, at The Jazz Café in LondonsCamden Town, and appeared with Thompson and backing singer Darren Fordham on Jools Hollands 2013/14 Hootenanny.
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