That's the Way Love Goes (Connie Smith album) That's the Way Love Goes (Connie Smith album) That's the Way Love Goes is the twenty third studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in March 1974 on Columbia Records and was produced by Ray Baker. It was Smith's third studio album released on the Columbia label after departing from RCA Victor in 1973 and spawned two singles. "That's the Way Love Goes" consisted of eleven tracks of new material recorded by Connie Smith. Out of these tracks, seven songs were cover versions: Tony Orlando's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon (Round the Ole Oak Tree),"
Tony Orlando and Dawn (TV series) former Motown/Stax backing vocalists Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson to become Dawn. The threesome then went on the road after "Candida" and "Knock Three Times". After a tour of Europe, Hopkins and Vincent assumed background vocal duties in the studio as well. They were joined in the studio by Vincent's sister Pamela Vincent, who in addition to singing, arranged all the backing vocals. Prior touring commitments with Aretha Franklin prevented Vincent from appearing with Dawn on tour. The first single with their voices in the background was "Runaway/Happy Together" in 1972. The group (now billed as 'Dawn featuring Tony