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Don't Leave Me This Way" is a song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert. It was originally released in 1975 by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass , an act signed to Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International label.
The Communards were a British synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985. [6] They consisted of Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville and English musician Richard Coles.They are best known for their cover versions of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass's "Don't Leave Me This Way", and of The Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye".
Communards is the debut studio album by British synth-pop duo the Communards, released on 14 July 1986 by London Records. [3] The album was produced by Mike Thorne, who had previously produced lead singer Jimmy Somerville's earlier band, Bronski Beat.
"Don't Leave Me This Way" is a song by American recording artist Tina Turner. It was produced by Paul Barry, Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling, and originally released in the United Kingdom in 1998 by Emmerdale actress Malandra Burrows. The single reached number 54 on the UK Singles Chart, and was Burrows' second and final release for Warner Music.
A 1976 remake of "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Motown artist Thelma Houston was a number-one hit on the US pop chart. The Blue Notes' version on the album, Wake Up Everybody , was not released as a single in the US at the time, but proved to be the group's biggest hit in the UK (number 5) when released there as a single in 1977. [ 1 ]
"Don't Leave Me This Way", which would be reinterpreted two years later by Thelma Houston, was a hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #5. The lead vocal on the closing album track, "Searching for a Love", was performed virtually solo by Sharon Paige , who also performed duet duties with Pendergrass and Melvin on the song "You Know How to ...
Gloria Hunniford has announced the death of her husband of more than 20 years, Stephen Way. The veteran broadcaster, 84, wed the businessman in 1998, and she said he would leave “the most ...
"Please Don't Leave Me" is a song by English hard rock musician John Sykes. It was released in 1982 by MCA Records as his first solo single. It also features members of the Irish hard rock group Thin Lizzy, including frontman Phil Lynott, who co-wrote the track with Sykes.