Johnny Carver (musician) Johnny Carver (musician) Johnny Carver (born November 24, 1940 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American country music artist. Between 1968 and 1977, he charted fifteen Top 40 hits on the "Billboard" country charts. His highest-charting single was a cover of Tony Orlando's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", a cover that reached No. 1 for him in 1974. He also had cover success with his version of the Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight." Carver lives today in rural Wilson County, Tennessee. Carver grew up in a rural area near Jackson, MS, and sang in a local country
Candida (album) the group's 1971 second album, "Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando featuring What Are You Doing Sunday" (Bell 6069), later reissued as "Tony Orlando & Dawn II" (Bell 1322) in 1974. Candida (album) Candida is a 1970 album by Dawn, a studio session group including Tony Orlando, Toni Wine, and Linda November. Orlando was singing under the group name "Dawn" in order to avoid problems with his contract with his other label, CBS. However, after the success of the album tracks "Candida" and "Knock Three Times", he invited two other singers to become the real-life "Dawn", and then "Tony Orlando and Dawn"