He Will Break Your Heart
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"He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" | ||||
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Producer(s) | Dave Appell, Hank Medress[2] | |||
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"He Will Break Your Heart", is a song originally performed and co-written by
In 1975,
Origins
"He Will Break Your Heart" was written by
Chart history
Chart (1960–61) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 7 |
US Billboard R&B[7]
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1 |
US Cash Box Top 100[8] | 3 |
Tony Orlando and Dawn version
When Orlando and the other members of Dawn (
Their version topped the
Another track from the same 1975 album was adapted from an Italian hit by Giorgio Gaber from two years prior, entitled "Far Finta di Essere Sani," recorded in English as "Tomorrow's Got to be Sunny." Despite the song not charting, it became a concert favorite.[citation needed]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Subsequent versions
During the 1960s the song was covered by Margie Singleton, Lulu ("She Will Break Your Heart"), Billy Fury, Bobby Vee, Lloyd Price, Ben E. King, The Merseybeats, Johnny Rivers (title "He Don't Love You, Like I Love You"), Jackie Edwards, among others.[19]
The band Gallery included a version of the song under the name "He Will Break Your Heart" on their 1972 album Nice To Be With You.
Jim Croce included a version of the song as part of his "Chain Gang Medley" (along with Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang", and The Coasters "Searchin'") recorded before his death in 1973, it featured on the 1975 album The Faces I've Been and was a chart success as a single in 1976.
The Greg Kihn Band included a version of the song on their 1976 album, Greg Kihn.[19]
The Walker Brothers also covered the track on their 1975 comeback album No Regrets under the original title "He Will Break Your Heart".
Dolly Parton covered the song in 1984, retaining the Orlando and Dawn retitling, though changing the gender to "She Don't Love You", like Margie Singleton did in 1960 to the original "He Will Break Your Heart" song. She included the song on The Great Pretender, an album of covers of early rock and roll hits.
Joe Tex made an answer song singing from the perspective of the other man entitled "I Will Never Break Your Heart".
The song "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam shares the same first three lines of its first verse with the chorus of "He Will Break Your Heart."
References
- Cleveland.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Tony Orlando & Dawn - He Don't Love You, Like I Love You (1975, SP-Specialty Pressing, Vinyl) | Discogs". www.discogs.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 10, 1960". Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 802.
- ^ "Something to Shout About (album)". Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 802.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 10, 1960". Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0-8230-7693-8
- ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
- ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 18 July 1975
- ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles: May 3, 1975". Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
- ^ Musicoutfitters.com
- ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1975 - Top 100 Pop Singles: December 27, 1975". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ a b https://secondhandsongs.com/work/13128 (list of cover versions)