Tony Orlando & Dawn – Tie a Yellow Ribbon

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree by Tony Orlando & Dawn is a single from the album Tuneweaving (1973). Charted #1 in US and also #1 in UK.

This song was written by Irwin Levine and Larry Brown (credited as L. Russell Brown), who wrote the previous #1 hit for the group, “Knock Three Times.” The song is based on a story called “Going Home” that Levine read in the January 1972 edition of the magazine Reader’s Digest. The story was originally published in the New York Post on October 14, 1971, appearing in a column called “The Eight Million” written by Pete Hamill.

The first Tony Orlando & Dawn album was released in 1970, but at the time Orlando was backed by various studio singers. Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson were chosen as “Dawn,” and sang on subsequent recordings.

Video on the top is a recording from the episode “Rockin’ The Palace” (American Bandstand) aired June 02, 1973, Performed at The Hollywood Palace on Vine St.

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Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon

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