The Cisco Kid (song) "Billboard" Top 40 for 2 weeks at the end of April and start of May 1973. It was kept out of the #1 spot by Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree by Tony Orlando and Dawn On the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it peaked at #5. Outside the US, it went to #1 on the "RPM 100" Canadian singles chart. It became a gold record. The Cisco Kid (song) "The Cisco Kid" is a song performed by War, and written by Thomas Allen, B. B. Dickerson, Harold Brown, and Charles Miller, all members of War at
Tony Orlando and Dawn (TV series) band "Dawn", to protect his position. The background singers on the track were Sharon Greane, Linda November, Jay Siegel, and Toni Wine, who co-wrote the song. Phil Margo played drums on the original session, and the arranger was Norman Bergen. After the single hit No. 3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 (#1 on the Cashbox Top 100), Orlando wanted to start performing again. The ensemble then recorded the follow-up song "Knock Three Times", which topped the Hot 100 on 23 January - 6 February 1971. Bell Records was desperate to have a real-life act to promote Dawn's records. Orlando asked