He Will Break Your Heart
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Combined Graph record U-00415 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0103. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Song title: 'He Will Break Your Heart' Recording artist: Jerry Butler Rock & Roll Hall of Fame selected discography frames it as an October 1960 Vee-Jay single; the program text adds it topped the Billboard R&B chart for seven consecutive weeks
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Song title: 'He Will Break Your Heart' Recording artist: Jerry Butler Rock & Roll Hall of Fame selected discography frames it as an October 1960 Vee-Jay single; the program text adds it topped the Billboard R&B chart for seven consecutive weeks
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- Year: 1960
- Work type: song
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- https://rockhallcomdev.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Curtis_Mayfield_and_The_Impressions_1991.pdf (verification source · master store)
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Song title: 'He Will Break Your Heart' Recording artist: Jerry Butler Rock & Roll Hall of Fame selected discography frames it as an October 1960 Vee-Jay single; the program text adds it topped the Billboard R&B chart for seven consecutive weeks
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