Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Dawn album) later in 1973 Side 1 Side 2 This is the same album as Tuneweaving but retitled upon reissue when Tie A Yellow Ribbon became a hit. The album was released on cd in 2007 with bonus tracks including the lost single Vaya Con Dios Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Dawn album) Tie a Yellow Ribbon is the third album by American popular music group Dawn (Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitas, Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent Wilson) released in 1973 by Bell Records. The title track reached #1 in both the US and UK charts. In terms of sales, this single was the
Tony Orlando year with "Make Believe" on producer Bo Gentry's Life Records. Orlando was experiencing success, primarily as a music executive, and Davis pretended not to notice when Orlando accepted a $3,000 advance and sang lead vocals on a song called "Candida" as a favor for two producer friends. If the record failed, Orlando didn't want it to affect his reputation, so he used a pseudonym: Dawn. Orlando was tempted back to a recording career when he was asked to record a demo record of "Candida", with backup singers including Toni Wine (who wrote the song) and Linda November. Concerned about a