Dawn Penn

Dawn Penn (born 11 January 1952) is a Jamaican reggae singer. She first had a short career during the rocksteady era from 1967 to 1969, but she is most known for her single "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)", which became a worldwide hit in 1994.

Career Penn's early recordings were composed and written by her around 1966 using session musicians. In 1967, she recorded the rocksteady single "You Don't Love Me", produced by Coxsone Dodd at Studio One. She also recorded "Why Did You Lie?" 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". Penn also recorded for singer and producer Prince Buster early in her career with songs like "Long Day, Short Night", "Blue Yes Blue" and "Here's the Key". By 1970, Penn had left the music industry and had moved to the Virgin Islands. Penn's album No, No, No, was released on Big Beat Records in 1994. On 30 June 2013, Penn performed "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" at the BET Awards. In 2014, The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra released the single "Bangarang" featuring Penn on lead vocals, and she appeared in the official video to accompany the single. Penn joined the Ska Orchestra on stage to perform the track on Halloween night 2013, at The Jazz Café in London's Camden Town. Penn also appeared with Thompson and backing singer Darren Fordham on Jools Holland's 2013/2014 Hootenanny and again at the Glastonbury Festival in 2014.

Penn features on the track "Crocadillaz" alongside De La Soul on Gorillaz's 2023 studio album Cracker Island.

Discography Albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions AUT GER UK No, No, No 1994 25 53 51 Come Again 1996 — — — Never Hustle the Music 2004 — — — Vintage 2010 — — — Vintage 2 2012 — — — Conscious — — —

Extended plays EP (2011)

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications AUS AUT NZ "Long Days, Short Night" 1966 — — — — — — — — — — "You Don't Love Me" 1967 — — — — — — — — — — "Why Did You Lie" — — — — — — — — — — "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" 1994 74 13 8 41 41 38 25 17 3 58 BPI: Gold "Night & Day" — — — — — — — — 81 — "What Do You Do?" 1995 — — — — — — — — — — "Looking for a Lion" 2003 — — — — — — — — — — "Growing Up" 2004 — — — — — — — — — — "Love the One You're With" 2005 — — — — — — — — — — "Broke My Heart" 2011 — — — — — — — — — — "To Sir with Love" — — — — — — — — — — "I'll Let You Go Boy" 2012 — — — — — — — — — — "I'll Get You" — — — — — — — — — — "Reality Check" 2013 — — — — — — — — — — "Music Is the Magic" 2014 — — — — — — — — — — "Chilling" 2015 — — — — — — — — — —