Tony Orlando & Dawn

Tony Orlando and Dawn was an American pop group from the 1970s. Originally the Group was called simply Dawn, and then the name was changed to Dawn featuring Tony Orlando, when it emerged that there were several bands who Dawn called.

The group formed in 1970 when Tony Orlando Candida discovered the song. Orlando had as a cover singer in the 1960s, some Top-40 hits, but had now stopped singing. The song was rerecorded Candida, but he brought it from under the stage name Dawn so that, if it would not flop, he would be associated with the number. The background choir was formed by Sharon Greane, Jay Siegel and Toni Wine (who had written the song fellow).

Candida the number reached a third place in the Billboard Hot 100, and Orlando decided to resume his singing career. The band name was set at Dawn, featuring Tony Orlando.In 1971, the Group had a number one hit with Knock three times, but with singing partners Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson had her biggest hit in 1973 the Group: Tie a Yellow Ribbon ' Round the Ole Oak Tree. Another hit was " who's in the strawberry patch with Sally.

In 1974, the group a television program, as a successor of The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, which would be broadcast until 1976. Under the new name of Tony Orlando and Dawn, the Group had a number of hits in the 1970s, and once more in 1991 came a song: With Ev'ry Yellow Ribbon (that's Why We Tie 'em). ==Radio 2 Top 2000[ Edit] ==