The Golden Years Volume 9

Dawn Penn (born Dawn Pickering, 1952, in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer.

In 1967 she recorded and had released the rocksteady single “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)”, produced by Coxsone Dodd at Studio One.

In 1970, she left the music industry and moved to the Virgin Islands. However, in 1987 she returned to Jamaica and music.

In the summer of 1994 she re-recorded and re-released the single “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)” (withSteely & Clevie on production), topping the charts in the U.S., Europe, and her native Jamaica. 

Subsequently, her single has been sampled by the artists Kano, Hexstatic, Jae Millz, Ghostface Killah and Rihanna. their versions were all renamed as “No, No, No”, bar Ghostface’s which was named “New Splash”. Lily Allen has also sampled “You Don’t Love Me” in her song “LDN”.

Wayne Wade (b. c.1960, Kingston, Jamaica) is a roots reggae singer best known for his work with producer Yabby You in the 1970s.

Wade’s career began in the mid-1970s, working with Yabby You, 1976’s “Black Is Our Colour” immediately achieving success in Jamaica. His debut album, Black Is Our Colour was released in 1976, and was followed by further hits with cover versions of The Paragons’ “Happy Go Lucky Girl” and “On The Beach”.This was followed by further albums Evil Woman (1978), Dancing Time, and Fire Fire (both 1979), before Wade moved on to work with Dillinger, recording “Five Man Army” together with Dillinger, The Tamlins, Al Campbell, and Trinity. He recorded for Joe Gibbs, hitting the UK reggae chart in 1980 with “After You” and “Natty Contractor”. In 1981, Wade worked with Linval Thompson, releasing a string of singles including “Round The World”, “Tell Me What’s Going On”, “Poor and Humble”, and “Down In Iran”. He them emigrated to The Netherlands, and signed a deal with Epic Records. Wade continues to record and release records.

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