Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (Single Version) [HQ Audio]

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"Don't Leave Me This Way" is a 1976 disco single by Thelma Houston from her "Any Way You Like It" album on the Motown label. This is the original 7'' single edit of the song with its original cover art.

"Don't Leave Me This Way" was originally recorded by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in 1975, featuring Teddy Pendergrass' lead vocal. Though not issued as a single in the United States at the time, the Blue Notes' recording reached number 3 on the US Billboard Disco Chart in the wake of Thelma Houston's version.

Originally assigned to Diana Ross, it was intended to be the follow-up to her hit "Love Hangover" but was reassigned and given to the upcoming Motown artist Thelma Houston instead.

Artist: Thelma Houston
Album: Anyway You Like It
Release date: December 2, 1976
Recorded: 1976
Genre: Disco, soul
Label: Motown
Songwriters: Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert
Producer: Hal Davis

- Charts:
#1 US (Billboard Hot 100, April 1977)
#1 US (Billboard National Disco Action Top 40, Dec 1976)
#1 US (Billboard Hot Soul Singles, Feb 1977)
#3 US (Cashbox Top 100, 1977)
#4 Canada (RPM Top Singles, 1977)
#4 Netherlands (Nationale Hitparade, Apr 1977)
#4 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan, April 1977)
#5 Germany (Musikmarkt-Hitparade, 1977)
#6 Australia (Kent Music Report, 1977)
#7 Belgium (Flanders, BRT Top 30, Apr 1977)

#11 Spain (AFYVE, 1977)
#13 France (IFOP, 1977)
#13 UK (UK Singles Chart, Mar 1977)
#15 Italy (FIMI, 1977)
#17 New Zealand (RIANZ Top 40, Apr 1977)
#18 Austria (Ö3-Hitparade, Jun 1977)
#40 US (Billboard Easy Listening, 1977)

℗ 1976 Motown Record Corp. / © 1976 Motown Record Corp.