dawn featuring tony orlando sang tie a yellow ribbon round the oak tree.
dawn featuring tony orlando sang tie a yellow ribbon round the oak tree.
who sang tie a yellow ribbon round the oak tree?
dawn featuring tony orlando
in april 1973, the recording by dawn featuring tony orlando reached no. 1 in the "billboard" hot 100 (chart date 21 april 1973) in the us, and stayed at no. 1 for four weeks. "tie a yellow ribbon" sold 3 million records in the us in three weeks. it also reached no. 1 on the adult contemporary chart, and bmi calculated that radio stations had played it 3 million times from seventeen continuous years of airplay. "billboard" ranked it as the no. 1 song for 1973. it also reached no. 1 in the uk and australia, and has sold one million copies in the uk. in new zealand, the song spent 10 weeks at number one.
tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree
tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree









































"tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree" is a song by tony orlando and dawn. 









































it was written by irwin levine and l. russell brown and produced by hank medress and dave appell, with motown/stax backing vocalist telma hopkins, joyce vincent wilson and her sister pamela vincent on backing vocals. it was a worldwide hit for the group in 1973.
tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree