Don't Leave Me This Way is a song made popular by Thelma Houston and later The Communards. Thelma Houston Thelma Houston (born May 7, 1946) is a African-American R&B singer. ... Communards were a British pop duo of the 1980s. ...

Originally written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert the song soon became a classic of 1970's Disco first in a recording by Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes which reached #3 on the Billboard Disco charts and later reached #5 on the UK singles chart. The song was then recorded by Thelma Houston in 1977, her version was a massive international hit peaking at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week in April 1977, the song peaked at #13 on the UK singles chart. Houston's version was revived in 1995 in a remix which reached #19 on the Billboard Dance Chart and #35 on the UK singles chart. Disco is a genre of music that originated in discothèques. ... Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were one of the most popular Philly soul groups of the 1970s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Nine years later the song was revived by The Communards in an avowedly Hi-Nrg version of the song which reached #1 in the UK for four weeks in September 1986, becoming the biggest selling record of the year in the process. The featured guest vocalist was jazz singer Sarah Jane Morris. The song reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at #1 on the Billboard Dance chart.

The song has been recorded by several other artists including Tina Turner, Sheena Easton, The Temptations amongst others. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939 - some sources say 1938) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop/rock singer, Buddhist and occasional actress. ... Sheena Easton on the cover of her 2000 CD, Fabulous. ... The Temptations (also abbreviated as The Tempts or The Temps) are an American Motown singing group whose repertoire has included doo-wop, soul, psychedelia, funk, disco, R&B, and adult contemporary. ...