He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)

"He Will Break Your Heart"
Single by Jerry Butler
B-side "Thanks to You"
Released October 1960
Format 7" single
Genre Pop
Label Vee-Jay
Songwriter(s) Jerry Butler, Calvin Carter, Curtis Mayfield
Jerry Butler singles chronology
"For Your Precious Love"
(1958)		 "He Will Break Your Heart"
(1960)		 "Find Another Girl"
(1961)

"For Your Precious Love"
(1958)		 "He Will Break Your Heart"
(1960)		 "Find Another Girl"
(1961)
"He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"
Single by Tony Orlando and Dawn
from the album He Don't Love You, Like I Love You
B-side "Pick It Up"
Released March 1975 (1975)
Format 7" single
Length 3:29
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) Jerry Butler, Calvin Carter, Curtis Mayfield
Producer(s) Dave Appell, Hank Medress[1]
Tony Orlando and Dawn singles chronology
"You Say The Sweetest Things"
(1974)		 "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"
(1975)		 "You're All I Need To Get By"
(1975)

"You Say The Sweetest Things"
(1974)		 "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"
(1975)		 "You're All I Need To Get By"
(1975)

"He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" is a 1975 No. 1 song in the United States sung by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 3, 1975, and remained there for three weeks.[2] The song also went to No. 1 on the US adult contemporary chart for one week in 1975.[3] It was later certified Gold by the RIAA.[4]

Under its original title "He Will Break Your Heart," the song was also a top-ten hit for one of its songwriters, Jerry Butler, in 1960.

Origins

The original title of the song was "He Will Break Your Heart". It was written by Jerry Butler, Calvin Carter, and Curtis Mayfield. The song was recorded by Butler and released as a single in 1960, where it peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 3 on the Cash Box Top 100.[5] In addition, Butler's recording spent seven non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart.[6] Subsequent cover versions of "He Will Break Your Heart" were released by artists such as The Righteous Brothers and Freddie Scott.

In the Jerry Butler version, before he connects the second verse into the third verse, he says "BUT WAIT."

Chart history

Chart (1960-61) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 7
U.S. Billboard R&B[7] 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[8] 3

Tony Orlando and Dawn version

When Orlando and the other members of Dawn (Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson) were waiting in the lobby to go on at a Golden Globes award ceremony, Orlando spoke with Faye Dunaway and her then-husband, Peter Wolf, lead singer for The J. Geils Band. 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.[3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 18 song for 1975.

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. Even though the song did not chart, it became a concert favorite.

Charts

Subsequent versions

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."

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.

Dolly Parton covered the song in 1984, retaining the Orlando and Dawn retitling, though changing the gender to "She Don't Love You". She included the song on The Great Pretender, an album of covers of early rock and roll hits.

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged. New York: Billboard Books. p. 403. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.
  3. 1 2 Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), ISBN 0-8230-7693-8
  4. 1 2 3 Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 10, 1960
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 802.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 802.
  8. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 10, 1960
  9. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6158a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6158a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6158a
  10. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6161&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6161.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6161
  11. ↑ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles: May 3, 1975
  12. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  13. ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
  14. ↑ The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1975 - Top 100 Pop Singles: December 27, 1975
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