Todays song is No No No by Dawn Penn. Born Dawn Pickering in Kingston, Jamaica, Dawn Penn is a living legend and pioneer of Jamaican music whose career bridges the pivotal transitions between classical composition, 1960s rocksteady, and modern dancehall. Raised in a strict musical environment where she mastered classical theory, the violin, and piano up to grade seven under examiners from the UK Royal School of Music, she initially broke out in 1967 with her signature hit "You Don't Love Me" under the legendary Studio One label.
However, disillusioned with the music industry, she completely walked away from singing in 1970 and spent the next 17 years living a normal life in the Virgin Islands, working corporate and administrative roles for accounting firms, local banks, airlines, and retail stores. After returning to Jamaica in 1987 to quietly revive her musical passions, her 1994 collaboration with production duo Steely & Clevie catapulted her into an unprecedented global phenomenon; the revamped track charted in 68 countries, earned a Grammy nomination, and achieved a Platinum certification in the United Kingdom as the highest-certified solo reggae song by a female artist in UK history, ultimately securing her timeless legacy and leading to high-profile modern collaborations with top-tier hip-hop artists and the iconic virtual band Gorillaz on their 2023 album Cracker Island.
The modern, globally recognized version of the song was released as a single on February 17, 1994, serving as the titular lead track for her debut studio album, No, No, No. The 1994 hit was actually a re-recording. Dawn Penn originally cut the track all the way back in 1967 as a slow, soulful rocksteady single for Coxsone Dodd's legendary Studio One label. After leaving the music industry entirely in 1970 to move to the Virgin Islands, she returned to Jamaica decades later. In 1992, she performed the song at a Studio One anniversary show where producers Steely & Clevie were the backing musicians. The live chemistry was so electric they immediately went into the studio to revamp it into the 1994 global dancehall smash.
While it is a pillar of Jamaican music, the song's DNA is actually rooted in American blues. Dawn Penn's track was a loose cover of a 1960 song by Arkansas blues singer Willie Cobbs, which itself stole melodies from a 1955 R&B track by Bo Diddley titled "She's Fine, She's Mine". Decades later, the cycle continued as Penn's hook became a massive target for modern pop royalty, famously sampled or covered by artists like Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Lily Allen.
So let's learn this one together. I'm still searching for an ASL cover - Can you make one? For now lets start learning this song on Guitar, Ukulele, and Piano. Plus check out the bonus cover, my favorite cover is from Boogaloo Assassins. Let's get in to it.
Dawn Penn - No, No No (Official Video)
This is the original video released entitled 'No No No' by singer and song writer Dawn Penn.
ASL Music Videos for These Songs Don't Exist (or do they?)
How to play No No No by Dawn Penn
It starts on C#m7 for the intro and goes to C#7 for verse, G#m and D#7 are also used. An easier to key to play it in is starting on D7 and using Am and E7. August 2020 update- I’m now doing guitar lessons over Zoom. To book a lesson please email mootsters@gmail.com. The price is £10 for 30 minutes and you can pay me at https://paypal.me/themoot Thanks!
Follow my live streams at http://facebook.com/themoot Instagram: http://instagram.com/mootmusic
How to play Dawn Penn - No no no on Guitar (Tutorial)
've always wanted to do a Tutorial on this song being that there's none online for it! And also because it's one of my favorite reggae songs of all time! 👊🏿😎🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🎸 #reggae #guitarlessons #dawnpenn
Follow me on insta https://www.instagram.com/xyanguitarl...
No, No, No - Dawn Penn - Ukulele Tutorial
This is my ukulele tutorial for "No, No, No (You Don't Love Me)" by Dawn Penn. Download the printable chord sheet here: https://bit.ly/3FeFowK
SOCIAL LINKS: Instagram: http://instagram.com/ukulelecheats Facebook: http://facebook.com/ukulelecheats
Dawn Penn No, No No Piano Cover
For song requests, chords, notes, sheet music (melody & chords/chorus & verse only. 2 pg. max), tutorials, lessons, advice, midi or to support the channel and my goal of covering 10,000 songs, click on the tip jar on the main page and leave me a note of what you desire.
You don't love me (No No No) - COVER
YOU DON'T LOVE ME - NO NO NO - DAWN PENN All instruments composed by Paul
BOOGALOO ASSASSINS - "No No No" (Live at JITVHQ in Los Angeles, CA 2017) #KEEPITHEADY
Boogaloo Assassins - "No No No" Live at JITVHQ in Los Angeles, CA 2017. Skip to Music 00:25
Rasvan Aoki - No No No (Dawn Penn Cover)
Rub of Rub - No no no (Dawn Penn Cover) live at Obama Fans Club, Gara-Gara Blok M
You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) - Dawn Penn (vocal & ukulele cover)
this is the first of three takes, later i recorded some bass notes on the acoustic guitar for fun :) hope you enjoy it x #ukulele #cover #dawnpenn #nonono #youdontloveme
You Don't Love Me No No No Dawn Penn - Canciones traducidas al español
"You Don't Love Me No, No, No", de la artista Dawn Penn, traducida al español por Fernando Vasco:
Dawn Penn - No, No No (cover by Zee)
Thanks
“NO NO NO” by Dawn Penn Acoustic Cover
The Lady's Project
Video edited by Jay Dyontale
No comments:
Post a Comment