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29: 546:. To pass the time, the two began singing various R&B songs from the '60s, including Butler's "He Will Break Your Heart", which the couple recommended that the group record on an upcoming album. Orlando contacted Mayfield requesting permission to do a remake, but to change the song's title to the opening lines, and Mayfield gave his permission. 1206: 1226: 202: 1283: 952: 1371: 925: 1551: 1090: 982: 1478: 1464: 1492: 1312: 1257: 1561: 1471: 565: 882: 1586: 1245: 1566: 866: 880:
Don't Love You", like Margie Singleton did in 1960 to the original "He Will Break Your Heart" song. She included the song on
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shares the same first three lines of its first verse with the chorus of "He Will Break Your Heart."
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covered the song in 1984, retaining the Orlando and Dawn retitling, though changing the gender to "
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chart on May 3, 1975, and remained there for three weeks. The song also went to No. 1 on the US
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Top 100. In addition, Butler's recording spent seven non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the U.S.
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included a version of the song under the name "He Will Break Your Heart" on their 1972 album
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included a version of the song as part of his "Chain Gang Medley" (along with Sam Cooke's "
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singing from the perspective of the other man entitled "I Will Never Break Your Heart".
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Another track from the same 1975 album was adapted from an Italian hit by
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of "He Will Break Your Heart" were released by artists such as
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The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged
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for one week in 1975. It was later certified gold by the
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under the original title "He Will Break Your Heart".
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also covered the track on their 1975 comeback album
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included a version of the song on their 1976 album,
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Single
Jerry Butler
B-side
Studio
Universal Recording Corp.
Genre
R&B
Label
Vee-Jay
Songwriter(s)
Jerry Butler
Calvin Carter
Curtis Mayfield
Jerry Butler
Silent Night

Single
Tony Orlando and Dawn
B-side
Label
Elektra
Songwriter(s)
Jerry Butler
Calvin Carter
Curtis Mayfield
Producer(s)
Tony Orlando and Dawn
You're All I Need to Get By
Jerry Butler

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