This song holds a lot of meaning to me. 5 years ago, my brother was in the hospital and the end was near. We all gathered around him, and in one of his conscious moments, he asked how we would know he made it to meet mom and dad. Well my husband, without even batting an eye said “Knock three times”. Well after several more hours, he finally passed. We finished up at the hospital and on the drive home, this song came on the radio. Now, this is NOT something that plays often on radio, satellite or other, but there it was. I took a picture of the title showing on the screen and sent it to the rest of the family to let them know that he was at peace and with our parents. I always liked this song, but now, it means the world to me. Sorry for the long post….
I had a similar experience with my mom. We were talking about the song - just a swingan (no idea how it's spelled) but she loved that song and i told my fiancee how long it's been since I've heard it. We were in a public place and the ladies at a table behind me was really loud. Somehow i stopped what i was doing and i grabbed his arm. Told him they were playing it. He said how in the world did you hear that (have a huge hearing loss - then the ladies) - told him it was mom saying hello
You can't do the '70s without 1973's Tie A Yellow Ribbon!! The whole country was tying yellow ribbons this song was so big!!! It was a huge hit for them.
Yep. Yellow ribbons everwhere...it showed us the reach of the Vietnam War and how it affected the entire community and more. There were actually yellow ribbon road tours.
Tie a Yellow Ribbon started the ribbon trend that is still going strong today. I remember yellow ribbons everywhere during the Iran hostage crisis in the late 70’s. Great song as well!
Tony Orlando and Dawn had a series on television which was a variety show type. Dawn was the two back up singers and they were a major part of his music. Everybody loved him and he had a great personality. Also, the best mustache ever! I hope you investigate his music further and would love to hear his song “tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree”
Very well said ! I always on my belly holding my head up with my elbows . Never missed Sonny and Cher.. and the midnight special . I would like to react to the band REDBONE . the movie soundtrack of guardians of the galaxy..
I’ll try for a quick history. Originally, the group was called Dawn, then as Tony became more of the breakout star, the name switched to Tony Orlando and Dawn. You are right, Tony was very charismatic, and because it was the 70’s, they were given their own variety show. It was relatively successful. They had many hits in the 70’s, with their biggest hit, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree”. It’s a must listen. Thanks
@@steveray9655 Telma joked that she didn't have an "H" in her name because her dad said she should get the "H" out of there... Hope I didn't misremember that..! Back from the non-woke days of television when people could joke about themselves.
The group Dawn was created so that Tony Orlando could release the song "Candida" without a conflict of interest to his employment as an executive with a record label. At first, it was a made up group. the background singers on the track actually being Cynthia Weil, Linda November, Jay Siegel, and Toni Wine. The song was successful enough that an album was wanted. The album was created with the same group of singers, and it included the song "Knock Three Times", so the people you heard in this video were those voices. The album was very successful, and people wanted a group that could tour and perform the songs to capitalize on the success of the album. Tony Orlando then recruited Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, whom he knew from when he signed them to sing backup for Barry Manilow while Tony was producing his records in the sixties, to perform the live backgrounds for the songs that had been released. Once he had a group that could tour, he quit his day job and went on the road. All subsequent recordings were made by the actual group that became known as Dawn. Of course, they also did a good job of performing the songs that had been recorded with different background vocalists. The group was also known as 'Dawn, Featuring Tony Orlando', and of course 'Tony Orlando and Dawn'.
J & AMber, you'll love their "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", "Candida" and "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"!!!! note: Yellow Ribbon was the song of the year 1973!
Oh, man, this takes me back to my childhood. You're right, Amber, it's time you got to this group. "Candida" is another banger of theirs, as is their signature song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree". FYI - Tony is half-Puerto Rican, half-Greek.
"Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose", and "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree" some other great songs. Just a great band from the 70's who had many great songs. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️ ❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦
God do I love Tony Orlando and Dawn I used to watch the variety show ! When Freddie prince took his life it changed Tony forever his best friend! Tie a yellow ribbon is classic god bless
Oh my gosh, this brings back memories from my mom listening to them. Mom thought he was just gorgeous. Another big song of theirs was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree." If you ever seen people putting up yellow ribbons when people come home from the military, or missing family members are found, I think the practice might be inspired by that song.
Great reaction! Side note: "Dawn" were two ladies who sang backup vocals with Tony. One of them you might recognize as Aunt Rachel, Harriett's sister from Family Matters!
I am 60 years old and when I was a kid they use to play this song at the skating rink and when they sang "knock three times" everyone would stomp their skates on the wooden floor of the rink...wow what memories you have brought me! Thank you!
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon" came out in 1973, then had a big comeback in 1980-81 after it became connected to the continuing American hostage drama in Iran. When they were released in January 1981, many radio stations played the song to celebrate.
My first ever middle school dance with a real girl was to this tune. A nervous time, for sure, but that dance etched this tune into my brain forever. She was digging it!! It made me remember her as well. You know all those colored ribbons you see pasted everywhere for various "causes". This dude invented it. A "Forest Gump-like" moment similar to "inventing" the smiley face t-shirt or the "$&*# Happens" bumper sticker. The ribbon craze started with "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" by Tony Orlando and Dawn, and it became the memorial standard which ultimately survived to become a common Emoji.
My most vivid memory of this song is skating to it at our local skating rink. Whenever the "knocking" part was played, thirty or so young skaters would stomp their feet to it, while the owner of the rink, Mr. Arnold, would come over the loud speaker telling us to "knock it off". Everyone I knew loved this song and it's easy to see why. It has catchy lyrics, the "knocking" sound effect, and an engaging singer with great backing vocals. The group got its own show a few years later.
YES! YES! YES! I lived in Atlanta and that was my favorite roller skating song. It would play and every kid raced out on the rink and that was the best part. We all stamped our skate 3 times and then 2 more for the pipe!! I miss those days so much!!!
Tony Orlando still tours and puts on a fabulous show. Have attended his concerts several times and audiences love him. Thank you for this reaction. 👏🇨🇦
OMG, one of their songs still lives on, to this very day. It's called Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree. That sentiment is still used today, when a soldier is returning home from a deployment, or a cancer survivor is returning home after finding out they are cancer-free. Or many other reasons. It was Tony's biggest hit and started a great American tradition.
I loved them when I was a little girl. I remember my parents had the cassette tape and it was blue for some reason. One of the members of Dawn is named Telma Hopkins. She is also an actress.
This song was released in 1970 and was so much fun. I remember being a kid and my parents playing this in their basement rec room/bar, which was popular at the time, with friends over for a party. They kept banging on the ceiling when it got to that part and I went downstairs and my robe and said "some people are trying to sleep!!" They all looked at me with their manhattans and highballs in hand and burst out laughing!! 🤣
In addition to being a Latino pop crooner, Tony Orlando and his two African American backup singers known collectively as "Dawn", had their own weekly TV variety show in the early 70's. Being a popular AM Lite Rock singer has it's advantages...
Saw them a few years ago at a concert in a Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. The tickets were comped, I was down some money, so I figured what the heck. My wife and I knew more songs than we thought. It turned out to be a great concert! The show was very patriotic, and we were so happy that we went. I'd see them again! Great song and great review.
This was my third concert I went to as a child. My mother took me, and he walked out into the crowd shaking hands and I latched onto his silver and turquoise bracelet and did not want to let go. I thought that was what you were supposed to do was get a souvenir. Mom was not happy and I think he was a little scared. It was an amazing show he was a Latin heartthrob at the time. Early 70's I guess.
I love this song. "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" is another GREAY Tony Orlando & Dawn song. These songs depicts the 70s for me (I was born in 1964). Thanks for the memories ❤ 🎵🎼🎙🔥😉
Tony Orlando & Dawn very popular when I was a kid in the 70s.... so many hits as well as a variety show on TV... react to " He, dont Love you" & Tie a Yellow ribbon. Oh and Sweet Gypsy Rose
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon" is a great next song for Tony Orlando & Dawn. There are some videos of them singing it, and so you can see the people in the group. ("Candida" is another hit song from them too.) The Tony Orlando & Dawn TV show was "must see TV", back in the day. (It was a music/variety show where they had many guest stars each week).
Loved this song as a young girl, and I still love it today. It's such a sweet song from the early 70's! I think you might like "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" as well. That song was HUGE back in the day.
They were great. A lot of their songs had a nostalgic/old fashioned quality . "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree" and "Sweet Gypsy Rose were really great. Yellow Ribbon had a resurgence in popularity during the Gulf War and I can remember seeing yellow ribbons tied around trees for the soldiers far from home in anticipation that they would make it home.
So great...they had an awesome TV show in the 70s with great musical and movie guests. The 2 terrific ladies in Dawn had a great gift of humor and shined in that TV show. THEIR MOst MEMORABLE HIT was Tie a yellow ribbon" about a vet coming home from war..I bawl my eyes out...beautiful song!
My boyfriend looked just like Tony Orlando, and my name was.. well, Dawn. We were known as Tony O and Dawn to our friends in the 70’s. This brings back a big smile and some great memories!! Check out “ Take a letter Maria” by the same group!
Loved them back in the day! I watched their show every week and it was pretty good, “Dawn” was actually two women - Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent Wilson. Tony and Telma had great comedic chemistry on the show. And as everyone has said “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” pretty much started the whole ribbon for recognition type movement. I loved when I was little passing a house with a yellow ribbon on a tree because it meant someone was returning home from the service. “Candida” is my favorite from them and definitely worthy of a spot on the to-do list.
This is the other group my mom played a lot, along with the Carpenters. She had both of their greatest hits on vinyl. This was one of his three #1 hits. Their biggest hit was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree." I'd also suggest "Candida," which peaked at #3 in 1970.
..."Class of 76"...in the early 70's this was a roller rink regular...each time he knocked on anything everyone stomped their skates at the same time..."Tie a Yellow Ribbon" is another GREAT one from Tony...
I was 10 years old when this song came out in 1970. I met Tony Orlando a few years ago at a Dillards concert ( Tony was good friends of Doug and Rodney Dillard. The Dillards were a bluegrass band that had a lot of exposure on The Andy Griffith Show ). I remember back in the 70s when much was made of the resemblance between Tony and Freddie Prinze. Prinze was an actor who was famous for the show Chico and the Man. He even turned up a time or two on the Tony Orlando and Dawn Show.
I was in college when this song was big. They had piped in music in the student cafe and when this song would come on, everybody would bang on their table 3 times when Tony sang that line. It got VERY loud !
This brings back memories. Another good one is “Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree”. It was a symbol of soldiers coming home from war and was a huge hit.
Tony Orlando & Dawn (Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson) were such a fun, happy, lovely group in the 1970s! Many of their songs had a Latin flavor maybe because Orlando's parents were Puerto Rican and Greek. Please react to "He Don't Love You", "Candida" and of course "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree".
They also had a television variety show that lasted a few seasons. Their biggest hit was "Tie a Yellow Ribbon." I think you will enjoy that one even more.
this song was a comeback for Tony Orlando as he had a couple of minor hits in 1961 (Bless You being one), he along with Dawn (his backup singers) scored many hits in the 70s-the groups popularity led to a TV Variety show as other pop artists had in the 70s (Sonny & Cher, Donny & Marie, Captain & Teniile and another new artist the Hudson Brothers who had a couple of hits-a Beatles soundalike-So You Are A Star in 1974 and Rendevous in 1975 then disappeared into obscurity.
If you have ever seen, a Yellow Ribbon tied around a tree or a light pole or anywhere else, it came from one of their most iconic songs, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon". It has evolved to mean anytime someone is away but you are thinking about and missing them.
What I like about this song is that its so fun and interactive. Tony Orlando and Dawn are just great. I always enjoyed watching them on their show. My favorite song of theirs as got to be Tie a Yellow Ribbon the Old Oak Tree, but this a close second at least. Candida and Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally are also fun songs.
This gives me such sweet memories. My mom loved this group. I was a small child when this was popular. Tony Orlando is Latino and 1 of the back up singers of Dawn, Thelma Hopkins, was on a lot of 70s sitcoms, including Bosom Buddies where Tom Hanks started his acting career. Family Matters was the longest I think.
I remember hearing Tony Orlando perform as a solo back in the early 60'' and remember buying a song titled " Bless You" & Halfway To Paradise ( both in 1961). Other songs as a solo : Happy Times, I was A Boy, I'll Be There, and a few others in the late 60's as well.I have a collection of his songs both as a solo and with Dawn.👍👍❤️
Before he teamed up with Dawn, Tony Orlando had a hit called "Bless You". He and Dawn did a cover of "He Don't Love You". Both my favorites from Orlando.
So happy you reacted to them! You're right, there was a latin flair to it with the guitar you hear. Another great song by them is "Candida" and their most popular, well-known song is "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" . . . that song was actually featured in Forest Gump briefly. More Tony Orlando & Dawn please!
Tony Orlando and Freddie Prinze were both half Puerto Rican. Tony called himself a Greekorican. Freddie said that he was a Hungarican. His parents met on a subway,while picking each other's pockets.
For their first 2 hits (This one and Candida), they were known simply as Dawn. Because there were several groups that tried to use that name, they recorded their next big hit as Tony Orlando and Dawn. That would end up being their biggest hit, Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree (Based on story from the Readers Digest)
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree was the number 1 song of the year in 1973. A year filled with so many great songs.. There are several live versions available
This LP and the followup "What Are You Doing Sunday" showcased the love Mr. Orlando once said he had for soul music. His blue eyed soul sound is evident on many cuts from both albums, both of which are worth a listen in their entirety. "Let's Run Away Girl" and "The Love in Your Eyes" from "Candida" are standouts as are "Who Did a Number on Me" and "Love the One You're With" from the second LP. Happy Listening and thanks for reacting to this one!
A nice thick slice of '70s cheese please.. yes Amber with a name like Tony Orlando you're definitely going to get some of that Latin flavor. This dude was so popular he had his own variety show for a while.
Brings back such happy memories. This was released just a couple of weeks before my wife and I were married, in December 1970. It was so popular in the charts that the band we had at our reception in the evening were asked so many times to play it, they had to ask our guests not to keep requesting it. Fortunately, the DJ we hired for an hour-long interval had a copy but even he got fed up with playing it! The problem was that everyone just loved it and the dancefloor was never empty! We still have a little dance at home when we hear it!
Along with "Knock Three Times", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" and "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
I remember Tony Orlando and Dawn had great success in the seventies! They even had their own TV variety show. Dawn were two women; Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Williams! Telma went on to act in many TV shows like Family Matters, Bosom buddies, Gimme A Break, Half and Half and many more! Tony himself had a recurring role on the Cosby Show in the eighties!❤❤
This song is one of my core memories. Mom loved this song & made sure I learned it as a child. We’d dance around the living room. ❤ In more recent years we saw them perform. Mom and I danced & sang along. She’s gone, but I’ll have that forever. (Smiling through tears)
HEEEEEY!!! Tony Orlando and Dawn. Bigtime 70's tv and music show/talk show personalities. As a teenagers we bopped to their catchy songs. Fun and innocent days, for sure. Thanks, guys. Great choice. Nice duo that compliment each other perfectly. Big shoutout from your old, hippy guy in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Take it easy. Still chillin and catching you' two right here. Lots of peace and love to you both and the Fam. Nice time, here, today. Catch ya on the next. Always be going with J.C. , and we will meet up on the next.
This was a popular song for them but I think "Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree " was a bigger hit. Early 70's vibe of R&B/pop and a little soul. Very successful group with many hits.
Tie a Yellow Ribbon was his biggest hit. Candida and Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose are also good. He hosted his own variety show on TV for a few years.
I grew up in the 60's/70's and Tony Orlando and Dawn were ALWAYS one of my favorite groups, especially their song "Tie A Yellow Ribbon (On the Old Oak Tree). But here is a funny story.. In the Fall of 1969 a new group called The Wind came out with a song titled "It's Only Make Believe" (not the same song of the same title that was a Country hit). I absolutely fell in love with that song but never heard of any other songs by The Wind, and I could never find any info on who their lead singer was. It literally haunted me for 50 years. Every time I went to a flea market where someone was selling old 45rpm records I would look for that record. Three years ago, I couldn't sleep one night and decided to see if I could find out anything about it one the internet. That is when I finally learned that the lead singer for The Wind had actually been Tony Orlando, just a couple of years before he became the singer for Dawn! No wonder I had been such a fan of their music. I love your reactions. Thank you for "giving us what we want"! We appreciate it!
Great reaction guys. You did Jackson Browne recently. When he finally broke out he was feeling a bit overwhelmed, and his buddy Warren Zevon wrote a great tune called "Poor, poor Pitiful Me". Linda Ronstadt has a great version of it also if you want to go that route.
This video sparked a memory of Desert Storm for me. Not this song, but the song by Tony Orlando and Dawn called "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree". I lived on Bode Road in Hoffman Estates Illinois at the time. There were big trees lining both sides of the road for blocks. Everyone of them had a yellow ribbon tied around it, in honor of the troops fighting in Desert Storm.
Great song from 1970. Tony Orlando and Dawn were very popular during the early seventies through the latter mid seventies. They even had a variety show that was popular. One of there biggest hits was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" from 1973 which reached number 1 in several countries. Song had renewed popularity in 1979 in the wake of the Iranian Hostage Crisis. People tied yellow ribbons around trees in support of the Americans held as hostages in Iran. They had other popular songs deserving a reaction including: "Candida" from 1970, and a cute and a bit risqué song "Hey, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" from 1973.
This song became Tony Orlando and Dawn's first of their three #1's hits in the 1970s. The song spend a total of four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the early winter of 1971. Tony's backup singers, Dawn is consists of future-actress Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson. They even have a popular television variety show on CBS between 1975 and 1977. This song is groovy banger indeed!!!
Tony Orlando was the heartthrob of the 70's with his big moustache and great songs. Tie a yellow ribbon was such a huge hit for them. They briefly had a variety show as well. He's still performing today!
You may not have heard of Tony Orlando, but if you’re familiar with the actor Freddie Prinze Jr., there’s a backstory. Tony in the early 70’s, befriended Freddie’s father (a comedian and sitcom star- Chico and the Man), because they had similar facial features, though he was a bit older. Orlando was devastated, when Freddie Sr., committed suicide, at the young age, of 23.
The ship I was crew on docked in Incheon Korea on Christmas Day in 1971. It was a day off for most of us, so we tuned in our radios to listen to some music. Turns out this was the #1 song in Korea, and it played every half hour without fail.
Thelma Hopkins was one of the members of Dawn. She starred in a sitcom that you might remember. Family Matters, she was the sister-in-law. She also was in several other TVshows.
Please do "Tie A-Yellow Ribbon Round The-Old Oak Tree"...my favorite!!🎶🎵 This was number 1 when we would roller skate every weekend...banging our skates three times on the floor during the chorus!!😁🎶🎸
My favorite Tony Orlando & Dawn song is "Mornin' Beautiful" but they had so many hits in the 1970's. I remember a time when you could not turn on the radio without hearing them within a few songs. Their TV show was pretty great too, a lot of fun. Other hits include "Candida", "What Are You Doing Sunday", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree", "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose", "Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally", "Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight", "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)", and "Cupid".
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This song holds a lot of meaning to me. 5 years ago, my brother was in the hospital and the end was near. We all gathered around him, and in one of his conscious moments, he asked how we would know he made it to meet mom and dad. Well my husband, without even batting an eye said “Knock three times”. Well after several more hours, he finally passed. We finished up at the hospital and on the drive home, this song came on the radio. Now, this is NOT something that plays often on radio, satellite or other, but there it was. I took a picture of the title showing on the screen and sent it to the rest of the family to let them know that he was at peace and with our parents. I always liked this song, but now, it means the world to me.
Sorry for the long post….
Great story. Sorry for your loss.
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I had a similar experience with my mom. We were talking about the song - just a swingan (no idea how it's spelled) but she loved that song and i told my fiancee how long it's been since I've heard it. We were in a public place and the ladies at a table behind me was really loud. Somehow i stopped what i was doing and i grabbed his arm. Told him they were playing it. He said how in the world did you hear that (have a huge hearing loss - then the ladies) - told him it was mom saying hello
My mom passed in 96 - this was around 2009
I'm sorry for your lost my condolences to you and your family, no need to apologize for the long post
You can't do the '70s without 1973's Tie A Yellow Ribbon!! The whole country was tying yellow ribbons this song was so big!!! It was a huge hit for them.
Yep. Yellow ribbons everwhere...it showed us the reach of the Vietnam War and how it affected the entire community and more. There were actually yellow ribbon road tours.
I’m positive you two would love tie a yellow ribbon.
Didn't they do the yellow ribbon for another war also?
My little Italian Mother LOVED them and absolutely adored Tie A Yello Ribbon!!!❤❤❤
@Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT maybe that's where I got idea,. I'm 69 so it just seemed it happened again😉. Thank you
Tony Orlando & Dawn were big in the 70's. Another hit of theirs was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree"
You need to listen to Tie A Yellow Ribbon
Tie a Yellow Ribbon started the ribbon trend that is still going strong today. I remember yellow ribbons everywhere during the Iran hostage crisis in the late 70’s. Great song as well!
Their best classic
Yeah, every now and then you'll see a ribbon on a tree.
Better song than this one. Still both good
Tony Orlando and Dawn had a series on television which was a variety show type. Dawn was the two back up singers and they were a major part of his music. Everybody loved him and he had a great personality. Also, the best mustache ever! I hope you investigate his music further and would love to hear his song “tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree”
That and The Carol Burnett Show were awesome. And the Flip Wilson show.
Very well said ! I always on my belly holding my head up with my elbows . Never missed Sonny and Cher.. and the midnight special . I would like to react to the band REDBONE . the movie soundtrack of guardians of the galaxy..
It'd be fun to see the younger generations react to clips of old variety shows.
Gotta do "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" too!!
Telma, from The Dawn, was also an actress in a 70's sitcom. I'm sorry I can't remember which one. I think she may have been in 2 of them.
& Dawn. You can't forget Dawn!! Their chemistry was great on their TV show. Telma Hopkins had a second career as a successful television actress ❤
Thank you was wondering if anyone would mention that. Thelma Hopkins.
@@EddieLopez711 Was she on Good times?
Loved her in "Gimme a Break" and "Family Matters".
One of my favorites for Telma Hopkins is Half & Half and Tony appeared on the Cobsy Show.
I loved seeing her on "Bosom Buddies."
I’ll try for a quick history. Originally, the group was called Dawn, then as Tony became more of the breakout star, the name switched to Tony Orlando and Dawn. You are right, Tony was very charismatic, and because it was the 70’s, they were given their own variety show. It was relatively successful. They had many hits in the 70’s, with their biggest hit, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree”. It’s a must listen. Thanks
Candida and He Don't Love, Like I Love You ...also good.
In the variety show, Telma Hopkins (half of Dawn) was always picking on Tony about his high heels, and his hair.
@@steveray9655 Telma joked that she didn't have an "H" in her name because her dad said she should get the "H" out of there... Hope I didn't misremember that..! Back from the non-woke days of television when people could joke about themselves.
The group Dawn was created so that Tony Orlando could release the song "Candida" without a conflict of interest to his employment as an executive with a record label. At first, it was a made up group. the background singers on the track actually being Cynthia Weil, Linda November, Jay Siegel, and Toni Wine. The song was successful enough that an album was wanted. The album was created with the same group of singers, and it included the song "Knock Three Times", so the people you heard in this video were those voices.
The album was very successful, and people wanted a group that could tour and perform the songs to capitalize on the success of the album. Tony Orlando then recruited Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, whom he knew from when he signed them to sing backup for Barry Manilow while Tony was producing his records in the sixties, to perform the live backgrounds for the songs that had been released. Once he had a group that could tour, he quit his day job and went on the road. All subsequent recordings were made by the actual group that became known as Dawn. Of course, they also did a good job of performing the songs that had been recorded with different background vocalists.
The group was also known as 'Dawn, Featuring Tony Orlando', and of course 'Tony Orlando and Dawn'.
@@CFWhitman Thank you . I remember all these songs as I grew up in high school. but never knew the history of the group.
J & AMber, you'll love their "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", "Candida" and "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"!!!! note: Yellow Ribbon was the song of the year 1973!
Classic song 🎵 They have to play that one!!
Love Yellow Ribbon 🕊️💗
Also “What are you doing Sunday”
This brings me back to my childhood in the 70s.....such a great time where kids could and we're just that kids. This is such a mood booster 🕊️💗
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We watch their show every week. I loved it.
same same!!! We knew all the words, would dance around and sing at the top of our lungs and laugh....
Grew up watching their variety show!!!
I was going to say the same thing! Bringing back some great memories!
All of their music is wonderful. Tie A Yellow Ribbon, Candida, He Don't Love You. The list goes on.❤
Oh I forgot about that song, He don't love you! Now I want to hear it! LoL 😄
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Oh, man, this takes me back to my childhood. You're right, Amber, it's time you got to this group. "Candida" is another banger of theirs, as is their signature song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree". FYI - Tony is half-Puerto Rican, half-Greek.
The late Comedian Freddie Prince Sr. was also Puerto Rican/ Greek. The both had similar hairstyles and moustaches.
@@ericgerena6042 Tony Orlando and Freddie Prince Sr. were best friends.
Candida is my favorite, though I love all their songs 💗
@@ericgerena6042 Freddie Prinze was Puerto Rican/German.
@@brendaparker2346, Freddie Prinze was Hungarian and Puerto Rican. He called himself a Hungarican.
"Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose", and "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree" some other great songs. Just a great band from the 70's who had many great songs. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️ ❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Don't forget Candida!
Definitely. Such a great song. 😊👍✌️🇨🇦
God do I love Tony Orlando and Dawn I used to watch the variety show ! When Freddie prince took his life it changed Tony forever his best friend! Tie a yellow ribbon is classic god bless
Oh my gosh, this brings back memories from my mom listening to them. Mom thought he was just gorgeous. Another big song of theirs was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree." If you ever seen people putting up yellow ribbons when people come home from the military, or missing family members are found, I think the practice might be inspired by that song.
Great reaction! Side note: "Dawn" were two ladies who sang backup vocals with Tony. One of them you might recognize as Aunt Rachel, Harriett's sister from Family Matters!
She also played Nell’s best friend on “Gimme A Break”
She was also on “ Half And Half” tv series..
I am 60 years old and when I was a kid they use to play this song at the skating rink and when they sang "knock three times" everyone would stomp their skates on the wooden floor of the rink...wow what memories you have brought me! Thank you!
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon" came out in 1973, then had a big comeback in 1980-81 after it became connected to the continuing American hostage drama in Iran. When they were released in January 1981, many radio stations played the song to celebrate.
Great comment!
My first ever middle school dance with a real girl was to this tune. A nervous time, for sure, but that dance etched this tune into my brain forever. She was digging it!! It made me remember her as well.
You know all those colored ribbons you see pasted everywhere for various "causes". This dude invented it. A "Forest Gump-like" moment similar to "inventing" the smiley face t-shirt or the "$&*# Happens" bumper sticker. The ribbon craze started with "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" by Tony Orlando and Dawn, and it became the memorial standard which ultimately survived to become a common Emoji.
My most vivid memory of this song is skating to it at our local skating rink. Whenever the "knocking" part was played, thirty or so young skaters would stomp their feet to it, while the owner of the rink, Mr. Arnold, would come over the loud speaker telling us to "knock it off". Everyone I knew loved this song and it's easy to see why. It has catchy lyrics, the "knocking" sound effect, and an engaging singer with great backing vocals. The group got its own show a few years later.
Omg! Did we go to the same roller rink? Lol not kidding, my friends and a I did that too!! Great memories 😀
@@suebeawho6537 If you grew up in Peoria, Illinois it's entirely likely lol.
@@Cheryltwin2012 Green Bay, WI ... close enough...GO PACK GO!! 😄🍻
YES! YES! YES! I lived in Atlanta and that was my favorite roller skating song. It would play and every kid raced out on the rink and that was the best part. We all stamped our skate 3 times and then 2 more for the pipe!! I miss those days so much!!!
Tony Orlando still tours and puts on a fabulous show. Have attended his concerts several times and audiences love him. Thank you for this reaction. 👏🇨🇦
They had a TV show which was fun. Their most popular song was tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree.
They were so huge in the 70s. SO HUGE.
OMG, one of their songs still lives on, to this very day. It's called Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree. That sentiment is still used today, when a soldier is returning home from a deployment, or a cancer survivor is returning home after finding out they are cancer-free. Or many other reasons. It was Tony's biggest hit and started a great American tradition.
I loved them when I was a little girl. I remember my parents had the cassette tape and it was blue for some reason. One of the members of Dawn is named Telma Hopkins. She is also an actress.
Ha! Had this on 45rpm! Great song, great group, and Tony is still around at 78 years young. ❤❤❤ Glad you’re discovering all this great music. ❤
This song was released in 1970 and was so much fun. I remember being a kid and my parents playing this in their basement rec room/bar, which was popular at the time, with friends over for a party. They kept banging on the ceiling when it got to that part and I went downstairs and my robe and said "some people are trying to sleep!!" They all looked at me with their manhattans and highballs in hand and burst out laughing!! 🤣
In addition to being a Latino pop crooner, Tony Orlando and his two African American backup singers known collectively as "Dawn", had their own weekly TV variety show in the early 70's. Being a popular AM Lite Rock singer has it's advantages...
Oh my goodness! My sister's and I sang this all the time. Great memories! ✌❤🎶
Saw them a few years ago at a concert in a Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. The tickets were comped, I was down some money, so I figured what the heck. My wife and I knew more songs than we thought. It turned out to be a great concert! The show was very patriotic, and we were so happy that we went. I'd see them again! Great song and great review.
This was one of the 45s from my dad's collection we listened to regularly when I was young.
Tony Orlando & Dawn , Sonny & Cher and The Captain & Tennille were staples of the 1970's music on television scene. Always a good choice!.
This was my third concert I went to as a child. My mother took me, and he walked out into the crowd shaking hands and I latched onto his silver and turquoise bracelet and did not want to let go. I thought that was what you were supposed to do was get a souvenir. Mom was not happy and I think he was a little scared. It was an amazing show he was a Latin heartthrob at the time. Early 70's I guess.
I love this song. "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" is another GREAY Tony Orlando & Dawn song. These songs depicts the 70s for me (I was born in 1964). Thanks for the memories ❤ 🎵🎼🎙🔥😉
Ah, the good old days when performers had class, style and rythim to boot. Always on my play list. 👍
Tony Orlando & Dawn very popular when I was a kid in the 70s.... so many hits as well as a variety show on TV... react to " He, dont Love you" & Tie a Yellow ribbon. Oh and Sweet Gypsy Rose
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon" is a great next song for Tony Orlando & Dawn.
There are some videos of them singing it, and so you can see the people in the group.
("Candida" is another hit song from them too.)
The Tony Orlando & Dawn TV show was "must see TV", back in the day. (It was a music/variety show where they had many guest stars each week).
Loved this song as a young girl, and I still love it today. It's such a sweet song from the early 70's! I think you might like "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" as well. That song was HUGE back in the day.
They were great. A lot of their songs had a nostalgic/old fashioned quality . "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree" and "Sweet Gypsy Rose were really great. Yellow Ribbon had a resurgence in popularity during the Gulf War and I can remember seeing yellow ribbons tied around trees for the soldiers far from home in anticipation that they would make it home.
So great...they had an awesome TV show in the 70s with great musical and movie guests. The 2 terrific ladies in Dawn had a great gift of humor and shined in that TV show. THEIR MOst MEMORABLE HIT was Tie a yellow ribbon" about a vet coming home from war..I bawl my eyes out...beautiful song!
It was about a guy getting out of prison.
My boyfriend looked just like Tony Orlando, and my name was.. well, Dawn. We were known as Tony O and Dawn to our friends in the 70’s. This brings back a big smile and some great memories!! Check out “ Take a letter Maria” by the same group!
Loved them back in the day! I watched their show every week and it was pretty good, “Dawn” was actually two women - Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent Wilson. Tony and Telma had great comedic chemistry on the show. And as everyone has said “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” pretty much started the whole ribbon for recognition type movement. I loved when I was little passing a house with a yellow ribbon on a tree because it meant someone was returning home from the service. “Candida” is my favorite from them and definitely worthy of a spot on the to-do list.
This is the other group my mom played a lot, along with the Carpenters. She had both of their greatest hits on vinyl. This was one of his three #1 hits. Their biggest hit was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree." I'd also suggest "Candida," which peaked at #3 in 1970.
..."Class of 76"...in the early 70's this was a roller rink regular...each time he knocked on anything everyone stomped their skates at the same time..."Tie a Yellow Ribbon" is another GREAT one from Tony...
Need to definitely do a live version. And one of the “Dawn “ singers was Telma Hopkins who played Rachel on Family Matters.
I was 10 years old when this song came out in 1970. I met Tony Orlando a few years ago at a Dillards concert ( Tony was good friends of Doug and Rodney Dillard. The Dillards were a bluegrass band that had a lot of exposure on The Andy Griffith Show ). I remember back in the 70s when much was made of the resemblance between Tony and Freddie Prinze. Prinze was an actor who was famous for the show Chico and the Man. He even turned up a time or two on the Tony Orlando and Dawn Show.
This song was released November 1970 and hit number 1 in January 1971. Huge hit.
I was in college when this song was big. They had piped in music in the student cafe and when this song would come on, everybody would bang on their table 3 times when Tony sang that line. It got VERY loud !
This brings back memories. Another good one is “Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree”. It was a symbol of soldiers coming home from war and was a huge hit.
Tony Orlando & Dawn (Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson) were such a fun, happy, lovely group in the 1970s! Many of their songs had a Latin flavor maybe because Orlando's parents were Puerto Rican and Greek. Please react to "He Don't Love You", "Candida" and of course "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree".
They also had a television variety show that lasted a few seasons. Their biggest hit was "Tie a Yellow Ribbon." I think you will enjoy that one even more.
this song was a comeback for Tony Orlando as he had a couple of minor hits in 1961 (Bless You being one), he along with Dawn (his backup singers) scored many hits in the 70s-the groups popularity led to a TV Variety show as other pop artists had in the 70s (Sonny & Cher, Donny & Marie, Captain & Teniile and another new artist the Hudson Brothers who had a couple of hits-a Beatles soundalike-So You Are A Star in 1974 and Rendevous in 1975 then disappeared into obscurity.
If you have ever seen, a Yellow Ribbon tied around a tree or a light pole or anywhere else, it came from one of their most iconic songs, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon". It has evolved to mean anytime someone is away but you are thinking about and missing them.
Wow! A true blast from the past. I remember watching the Tony Orlando and Dawn show on TV as a kid. The 70's were a great decade to be a kid.
What I like about this song is that its so fun and interactive. Tony Orlando and Dawn are just great. I always enjoyed watching them on their show. My favorite song of theirs as got to be Tie a Yellow Ribbon the Old Oak Tree, but this a close second at least. Candida and Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally are also fun songs.
All that and the 70s were so magical...some of you don't know what you missed and live too!
This gives me such sweet memories. My mom loved this group. I was a small child when this was popular.
Tony Orlando is Latino and 1 of the back up singers of Dawn, Thelma Hopkins, was on a lot of 70s sitcoms, including Bosom Buddies where Tom Hanks started his acting career.
Family Matters was the longest I think.
Tony Orlando says he's a Greek-a-rican 😊
@@OpheliaSees ah I didn’t know he was part Greek but yeah I can see that now
Great memories of seeing Tony Orlando & Dawn in concert. My Mom and I had such fun that night. Loved watching his TV special, too.
Love it. I loved Tony Orlando. Definitely do Tie a Yellow Ribbon as others have said. He definitely was a heart throb! Such memories ❤
I remember hearing Tony Orlando perform as a solo back in the early 60'' and remember buying a song titled " Bless You" & Halfway To Paradise ( both in 1961). Other songs as a solo : Happy Times, I was A Boy, I'll Be There, and a few others in the late 60's as well.I have a collection of his songs both as a solo and with Dawn.👍👍❤️
"Tie A Yellow Ribbon" - the song that encouraged people to create ribbons for various causes - by Tony Orlando and Dawn. They started it ALL!!!!
His biggest hit is Tie a Yellow Ribbon. Girls loved Tony, and guys wanted to be him.
Yeah…..he was HANDSOME!! Latin…..yes! ❤😂
Impossible not to sing along when this came on the radio. These guys had another big hit with Tie a Yellow Ribbon.
They had A variety show when I was little. They did little comedy skits like Carol Burnett. Please say you know who Carol Burnett is. Lol
LOVE THIS SONG ! One of the songs that take me back to my childhood.
Great childhood memories at the skating rink
Yes!
Before he teamed up with Dawn, Tony Orlando had a hit called "Bless You". He and Dawn did a cover of "He Don't Love You". Both my favorites from Orlando.
So happy you reacted to them! You're right, there was a latin flair to it with the guitar you hear. Another great song by them is "Candida" and their most popular, well-known song is "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" . . . that song was actually featured in Forest Gump briefly. More Tony Orlando & Dawn please!
Tony Orlando and Freddie Prinze were both half Puerto Rican.
Tony called himself a Greekorican.
Freddie said that he was a Hungarican. His parents met on a subway,while picking each other's pockets.
For their first 2 hits (This one and Candida), they were known simply as Dawn. Because there were several groups that tried to use that name, they recorded their next big hit as Tony Orlando and Dawn. That would end up being their biggest hit, Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree (Based on story from the Readers Digest)
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree was the number 1 song of the year in 1973. A year filled with so many great songs.. There are several live versions available
You DEFINITELY need to do Tie a yellow ribbon next!! It's their signature song. And has a great story to it, and is a song that ALL 70s people know.
This LP and the followup "What Are You Doing Sunday" showcased the love Mr. Orlando once said he had for soul music. His blue eyed soul sound is evident on many cuts from both albums, both of which are worth a listen in their entirety. "Let's Run Away Girl" and "The Love in Your Eyes" from "Candida" are standouts as are "Who Did a Number on Me" and "Love the One You're With" from the second LP. Happy Listening and thanks for reacting to this one!
A nice thick slice of '70s cheese please.. yes Amber with a name like Tony Orlando you're definitely going to get some of that Latin flavor. This dude was so popular he had his own variety show for a while.
Brings back such happy memories.
This was released just a couple of weeks before my wife and I were married, in December 1970. It was so popular in the charts that the band we had at our reception in the evening were asked so many times to play it, they had to ask our guests not to keep requesting it. Fortunately, the DJ we hired for an hour-long interval had a copy but even he got fed up with playing it! The problem was that everyone just loved it and the dancefloor was never empty! We still have a little dance at home when we hear it!
Along with "Knock Three Times", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" and "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
I recall when this song came out. Listened to it on the radio all the time. Its an instant mood raiser.
Try their “Candida” or “Tie a yellow ribbon”
I remember Tony Orlando and Dawn had great success in the seventies! They even had their own TV variety show. Dawn were two women; Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Williams! Telma went on to act in many TV shows like Family Matters, Bosom buddies, Gimme A Break, Half and Half and many more! Tony himself had a recurring role on the Cosby Show in the eighties!❤❤
This song is one of my core memories. Mom loved this song & made sure I learned it as a child. We’d dance around the living room. ❤ In more recent years we saw them perform. Mom and I danced & sang along. She’s gone, but I’ll have that forever. (Smiling through tears)
HEEEEEY!!! Tony Orlando and Dawn. Bigtime 70's tv and music show/talk show personalities. As a teenagers we bopped to their catchy songs. Fun and innocent days, for sure. Thanks, guys. Great choice. Nice duo that compliment each other perfectly. Big shoutout from your old, hippy guy in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Take it easy. Still chillin and catching you' two right here. Lots of peace and love to you both and the Fam. Nice time, here, today. Catch ya on the next. Always be going with J.C. , and we will meet up on the next.
This was a popular song for them but I think "Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree " was a bigger hit. Early 70's vibe of R&B/pop and a little soul. Very successful group with many hits.
Tie a Yellow Ribbon was his biggest hit. Candida and Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose are also good. He hosted his own variety show on TV for a few years.
A Fun and Cute (and wholesome too) song, that's always enjoyable to hear. Didn't seem as surprised by the Horns this time, Amber. :) Thx Guys! :)
I grew up in the 60's/70's and Tony Orlando and Dawn were ALWAYS one of my favorite groups, especially their song "Tie A Yellow Ribbon (On the Old Oak Tree). But here is a funny story.. In the Fall of 1969 a new group called The Wind came out with a song titled "It's Only Make Believe" (not the same song of the same title that was a Country hit). I absolutely fell in love with that song but never heard of any other songs by The Wind, and I could never find any info on who their lead singer was. It literally haunted me for 50 years. Every time I went to a flea market where someone was selling old 45rpm records I would look for that record. Three years ago, I couldn't sleep one night and decided to see if I could find out anything about it one the internet. That is when I finally learned that the lead singer for The Wind had actually been Tony Orlando, just a couple of years before he became the singer for Dawn! No wonder I had been such a fan of their music. I love your reactions. Thank you for "giving us what we want"! We appreciate it!
Great reaction guys. You did Jackson Browne recently. When he finally broke out he was feeling a bit overwhelmed, and his buddy Warren Zevon wrote a great tune called "Poor, poor Pitiful Me". Linda Ronstadt has a great version of it also if you want to go that route.
Love that song
In the 70’s, My boyfriend looked just like Tony Orlando - and well, my name was Dawn!! We were known as Tony O and Dawn to our friends! 😂🙃😂
PLEASE react to the movie Now and Then!! I can’t find anyone reacting to it and this song is in the movie 😊
This video sparked a memory of Desert Storm for me. Not this song, but the song by Tony Orlando and Dawn called "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree". I lived on Bode Road in Hoffman Estates Illinois at the time. There were big trees lining both sides of the road for blocks. Everyone of them had a yellow ribbon tied around it, in honor of the troops fighting in Desert Storm.
Hes A suave Latino
He definitely was suave….all that knocking made all of knock too! We would sing and knock….so much fun!
Great song from 1970. Tony Orlando and Dawn were very popular during the early seventies through the latter mid seventies. They even had a variety show that was popular. One of there biggest hits was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" from 1973 which reached number 1 in several countries. Song had renewed popularity in 1979 in the wake of the Iranian Hostage Crisis. People tied yellow ribbons around trees in support of the Americans held as hostages in Iran.
They had other popular songs deserving a reaction including: "Candida" from 1970, and a cute and a bit risqué song "Hey, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" from 1973.
Please listen to "Waiting for a Star to Fall" from BOY MEETS GIRL.
One of my favorite songs when i was kid love singing and dancing. lol wonderful memories
This song became Tony Orlando and Dawn's first of their three #1's hits in the 1970s. The song spend a total of four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the early winter of 1971. Tony's backup singers, Dawn is consists of future-actress Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson. They even have a popular television variety show on CBS between 1975 and 1977. This song is groovy banger indeed!!!
Tony Orlando was the heartthrob of the 70's with his big moustache and great songs. Tie a yellow ribbon was such a huge hit for them. They briefly had a variety show as well. He's still performing today!
You may not have heard of Tony Orlando, but if you’re familiar with the actor Freddie Prinze Jr., there’s a backstory.
Tony in the early 70’s, befriended Freddie’s father (a comedian and sitcom star- Chico and the Man), because they had similar facial features, though he was a bit older.
Orlando was devastated, when Freddie Sr., committed suicide, at the young age, of 23.
The ship I was crew on docked in Incheon Korea on Christmas Day in 1971. It was a day off for most of us, so we tuned in our radios to listen to some music. Turns out this was the #1 song in Korea, and it played every half hour without fail.
Thelma Hopkins was one of the members of Dawn. She starred in a sitcom that you might remember. Family Matters, she was the sister-in-law. She also was in several other TVshows.
Please do "Tie A-Yellow Ribbon Round The-Old Oak Tree"...my favorite!!🎶🎵 This was number 1 when we would roller skate every weekend...banging our skates three times on the floor during the chorus!!😁🎶🎸
My favorite Tony Orlando & Dawn song is "Mornin' Beautiful" but they had so many hits in the 1970's. I remember a time when you could not turn on the radio without hearing them within a few songs. Their TV show was pretty great too, a lot of fun. Other hits include "Candida", "What Are You Doing Sunday", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree", "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose", "Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally", "Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight", "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)", and "Cupid".
This is why the 70s are my favorite era for music. I'm so glad you guys get to hear songs you might not otherwise have. It's awesome.