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Infobox musical artist|name = Dawn Penn|caption =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Dawn Pickering|birth_date = birth year and age|df=yes|1952|birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston , Jamaica |death_date =|instrument = Human voice|Vocals |genre = Reggae Rocksteady |occupation = Singer |years_active = 1966–1970, 1987–present|label = Big Beat Records (Atlantic subsidiary)|Big Beat , Atlantic Records|Atlantic |associated_acts =|website = Dawn Penn (born Dawn Pickering , 1952, Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston , Jamaica ) is a Jamaican reggae singing|singer .
Career
Dawn Penn's earliest recordings were for Prince Buster around 1966. In 1967 she recorded and released the rocksteady single (music)|single , "You Don't Love Me" record producer|produced by Coxsone Dodd at Studio One (record label)|Studio One . http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/penn_dawn/bio.jhtml VH1.com biography She also recorded "Why Did You Leave" at Studio One, "Broke My Heart" for Bunny Lee , "I Let You Go Boy" and cover version|covers of " To Sir, with Love (song)|To Sir with Love " and " Here Comes The Sun|Here Comes the Sun ".cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p143281/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Alex Henderson |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=28 March 2009
By 1970 Penn had left the music industry and had moved to the Virgin Islands . In 1987, however, she returned to Jamaica and to music.
In the summer of 1992 she was invited to appear on stage at a Studio One (record label)|Studio One anniversary show, where she performed the song "You Don’t Love Me" with Steely & Clevie as backing musicians. The performance was a success, and she returned to the recording studio to re-record the song for the tribute album Steely & Clevie Play Studio One Vintage . It was released as the single " You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) " over a year later, reaching the record chart|charts in the United States|U.S. and Europe , plus hitting chart-topper|#1 in her native Jamaica., http://www.reggae-reviews.com/dawnpenn.html Reggae-reviews.com and making #3 in the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 422 In 1994, Big Beat Records (Atlantic subsidiary)|Big Beat / Atlantic Records|Atlantic released No, No, No , Penn's first full-length album since her comeback.
Subsequently, "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" has been Sampling (music)|sample d and Cover version|cover ed by the musician|artists Kano (rapper)|Kano , Hexstatic , Jae Millz , Ghostface Killah , Mims (rapper)|Mims , Eve (rapper)|Eve featuring Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley and Rihanna . Their versions were all renamed as "No, No, No", bar Ghostface's which was named "New Splash". The song was also performed by Blue King Brown on the Australia n youth radio network Triple J as part of their Like a Version program in 2006. The US band 311 (band)|311 sampled the song in the introduction to their song "Omaha Stylee".
Penn performed with Faisal X at The Drum in Birmingham , England in April 2006 and, in the same year, Penn was on the bill at the Uppsala Reggae Festival in Sweden .
In 2011, Penn released a music video for the song "City Life," directed by Antoine Dixon-Bellot. http://www.promonews.tv/2011/05/09/dawn-penns-city-life-by-antoine-dixon-bellot/ Promonews.tv
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