"He Don't Love You" is the title of a popular song sung by Tony Orlando and Dawn

Tony Orlando and Dawn

Tony Orlando and Dawn was a pop music group that was popular in the 1970s. Their signature hits include "Candida", "Knock Three Times", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", and "He Don't Love You ".-History:...

 that was a number-one song in the United States during the year 1975. It topped the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 chart on May 3, 1975, and remained there for three weeks.
The song also went to #1 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart

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 for one week in 1975.

Origins

The original title of the song was "He Will Break Your Heart". It was written by Jerry Butler

Jerry Butler (singer)

Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.Butler is also an American politician...

, Calvin Carter

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, and Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...

. The song was recorded by Butler and released as a single

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 in 1960, where it peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition, Butler's recording spent seven, non consecutive weeks at #1 on the U.S. R&B chart

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. Subsequent cover version

Cover version

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s of "He Will Break Your Heart" were released by artists such as The Righteous Brothers

The Righteous Brothers

The Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003...

 and Freddie Scott

Freddie Scott

Freddie Scott was an American soul singer and songwriter. His biggest hits were "Hey, Girl", a top ten US pop hit in 1963, and "Are You Lonely For Me", a no.1 hit on the R&B chart in early 1967.-Life and career:...

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When Orlando and the members of Dawn (Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins

Telma Louise Hopkins is an American singer and television actress. A member of the 1970s pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn, she later starred in several television sitcoms, including Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break!, Family Matters, Getting By, and Half & Half...

 and Joyce Wilson

Joyce Wilson

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) appeared at a Golden Globes

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 award ceremony, Orlando spoke with Faye Dunaway

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 and her then-husband, Peter Wolf

Peter Wolf

Peter Wolf is an American Rhythm and Blues, Soul and Rock and Roll musician, best known as the lead vocalist for the J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1983; and for a successful musical solo career to date with writing partner Will Jennings.- Life and career :Wolf was born in the Bronx, New York...

, while waiting in a lobby. Wolf was the lead singer for The J. Geils Band, and the two started singing songs from the 1960s, including "He Will Break Your Heart", which the couple recommended Orlando record. Orlando contacted Mayfield requesting that he and Dawn wanted to do a remake but change the title to the opening lines of the song, and Mayfield gave his permission.

Subsequent versions

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 covered the song in 1984, retraining the Orlando and Dawn retitling, though changing the gender to "She Don't Love You". She included the song on her album The Great Pretender

The Great Pretender (Dolly Parton album)

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