"Hang Up."" In 1972, he moved to ABC and had a major country hit with a version of Tony Orlando and Dawn's ""Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree."" A string of Top 40 country hits followed over the next five years, including the Top Tens ""You Really Haven't Changed"" (1973), ""Don't Tell (That Sweet Old Lady of Mine)"" (1974), and another country cover of a pop hit, the Starland Vocal Band's ""Afternoon Delight"" (1976). Carver's last Top 40 hit was 1977's ""Living Next Door to Alice"", and his final charting single was a 1981 cover of ABBA's"
"song of all time in its issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100. Other popular songs written or co-written by Levine include ""This Diamond Ring"", ""I Woke Up In Love This Morning"", ""Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"", ""Knock Three Times"", ""Candida"", and ""We're Free"". Levine died at the age of 58, in Livingston, New Jersey in January 1997, from either heart or renal failure. Irwin Levine Irwin Jesse Levine (March 23, 1938 – January 21, 1997) was an American songwriter, who co-wrote the song ""Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"" with L."
"Knock Three Times ""Knock Three Times"" is a popular song credited to Tony Orlando and Dawn. The actual singers were Tony Orlando, Toni Wine, and Linda November, prior to the creation of ""Dawn"" with Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson. The song was released as a single, paired with Orlando's other hit song, ""Candida"" (also written by Toni Wine). The single hit number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in January 1971 and eventually sold six million copies. The song registered well at Adult Contemporary stations, reaching #2 on Billboard's ""Easy Listening"" survey. Outside the US, ""Knock Three Times"" also"
"My Sweet Gypsy Rose"". ""Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"" appears in such films as Wallace and Gromitt, ""Fargo"", and ""Forrest Gump"", and has reputedly been recorded over one thousand times. One of Brown's later successes as a writer was ""Use It Up and Wear It Out"", co-written with Sandy Linzer, which was a #1 hit in the UK for Odyssey in 1980. Other musicians who have recorded his songs include Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Lesley Gore, Ray Conniff, Johnny Mathis, and Donny Osmond. L. Russell Brown Lawrence ""Larry"" Russell Brown (born June 29, 1940),"
"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"
"Tony Orlando and Dawn (TV series) Tony Orlando and Dawn is a television variety show that aired from 1974–1976 on CBS. The show featured the American pop music group Tony Orlando and Dawn. The show was entitled ""The Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour"" during the 1976–1977 television season. Tony Orlando was born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis on April 3, 1944. After almost a decade of singing and with only three Top 40 hits, two in 1961 and another in 1969 as the lead singer for the studio group Wind, he had not had any further successes. He stopped singing"
"Oak Tree"". ""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 11 song for 1973. In Canada, the single version scored number one, as well, topping the ""RPM"" 100 national singles chart on May 5 of the same year. On the RPM Country Singles chart, it reached #25. The lyrics use an AABCCB rhyming pattern on the verses, and ABCB on the chorus. The song's verses are in C Dorian. Verse one consists of four lines, each using the chord pattern Cm-B/C-Cm-F/C-Cm-Gm7-Cm. At the chorus, the song modulates to the key of G major, with a chord pattern of Am-D7-G-Em used three times"
"of ""Tie a Yellow Ribbon"" with then First Lady Betty Ford. The media stated that it was to divert attention as Nancy Reagan entered the Kemper Arena convention hall. However, in Orlando's book ""Halfway to Paradise"", he states that Mrs. Reagan was asked what her favorite song was, which happened to be ""Tie a Yellow Ribbon"", so it was chosen as her entrance song. Ronald Reagan unsuccessfully challenged Gerald Ford, for the presidential nomination that year but came back in 1980 to claim the presidency itself. Ray Barnhart, a Reagan co-manager from Texas, criticized Mrs. Ford for having ""danced a"
"Dawn's New Ragtime Follies Dawn's New Ragtime Follies is a 1973 album by the American pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn. This release was a concept album that successfully combined Vaudevillian ragtime flavors with pop and disco music. With multi-generational appeal, and aided by Tony Orlando & Dawn's highly successful weekly TV variety show on CBS, DAWN'S NEW RAGTIME FOLLIES sold millions and became Tony Orlando & Dawn’s best selling LP. NEW RAGTIME FOLLIES spawned the best-selling singles ""Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose,"" ""Who’s in the Strawberry Patch With Sally"" and ""Steppin’ Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight."") Telma"
"singers on the track were Cynthia Weil, 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 (No.1 on the Cashbox Top 100), Orlando wanted to perform again. The ensemble recorded the 1970 album ""Candida"", which included the namesake song and the No. 1 hit song ""Knock Three Times"". Bell Records was desperate to have a real-life act to promote Dawn's records. Orlando asked former Motown/Stax backing vocalists Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson,"
"possible conflict of interest with his April-Blackwood duties, Orlando sang under the condition that his name not be associated with the project, so it was released under the simple name of ""Dawn"", the middle name of the daughter of Bell records executive Steve Wax. The song became a hit, and Dawn, with Wine and November again singing backup, recorded another song, ""Knock Three Times"", which itself became a #1 hit. Orlando then wanted to go on tour, and asked two other session singers, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson to join for the tour. Orlando then discovered that there were"
"Oak Tree"", to Ricky Nelson, who turned it down. Now signed to Era Records, Dorsey recorded the song himself and it was released on January 11, 1960 backed with ""Juarez Town"" (Era 3012). The record entered the charts and reached No. 23 on the Hot 100. He was the first of the Burnette Brothers to have a hit record. This success spurred Coral Records to dig into their archives and release two old Rock and Roll Trio recordings as ""Blues Stay Away From Me""/""Midnight Train"" (Coral 9-62190). The top side was released under the name ""Dorsey Burnette"" but the flip"
"Orlando & Dawn's ""Tie A Yellow Ribbon"", Peter Gabriel's ""Solsbury Hill"", the Spinners' ""Workin' My Way Back You"", the ""Star Wars"" theme, and Rod Stewart's Great American Songbook series including the hit ""What A Wonderful World"". He has played with musicians and singers including John Lennon, Diana Ross, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Frank Sinatra, Roxy Music, Rod Stewart, Robert Palmer, Grace Slick, Roberta Flack, Barry Manilow, Harry Chapin, Barbra Streisand, Deodato Frankie Valli, Tony Orlando, and Roger Daltrey. He was also a frequent musician guest with Paul Shaffer's ""David Letterman Show"" band. Allan Schwartzberg was born on"
"Candida (album) Candida is a 1970 album by Dawn, a studio session group including Tony Orlando, Toni Wine, and Linda November. Orlando was singing under the group name ""Dawn"" in order to avoid problems with his contract with his other label, CBS. However, after the success of the album tracks ""Candida"" and ""Knock Three Times"", he invited two other singers to become the real-life ""Dawn"", and then ""Tony Orlando and Dawn"" could tour in support of the songs. In 2005, a 35th anniversary compilation was released featuring the original track listing plus nine bonus tracks. The Bonus Tracks are from"
"the group's 1971 second album, ""Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando featuring What Are You Doing Sunday"" (Bell 6069), later reissued as ""Tony Orlando & Dawn II"" (Bell 1322) in 1974. Candida (album) Candida is a 1970 album by Dawn, a studio session group including Tony Orlando, Toni Wine, and Linda November. Orlando was singing under the group name ""Dawn"" in order to avoid problems with his contract with his other label, CBS. However, after the success of the album tracks ""Candida"" and ""Knock Three Times"", he invited two other singers to become the real-life ""Dawn"", and then ""Tony Orlando and Dawn"""
"that followed Watergate. He represented simple, traditional values, a conservative return to pure entertainment. He drew a happy face in the ""O"" of his autograph. It was not terribly cool, but America loved him."" The ""Tony Orlando and Dawn"" Show on CBS became a hit, a summer replacement for the ""Sonny & Cher"" show, and ran for four seasons from 1973 to 1976. It welcomed the biggest names in show business each week as Orlando's guests, including his boyhood idols, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Lewis. At the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, Orlando danced to the tune"
"of their daily lives. 繁體中文书 Published on：11 February 2004, ISBN：9578034601 A record of the Tension's growth. Complete info on TENSION's childhood, family life, first love, music preference with precious childhood photos and Tension's confession to each other. The content of the book is segregated into 4 parts: Tension participated in the first Yellow Ribbon Charity Concert in Singapore in 2004. Brian specially recomposed the melody of ""Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"" to A Capella version for the official launch of the Yellow Ribbon Project and Yellow Ribbon Fund on 2nd Oct 2004. Tension (Taiwanese band) Tension"
"Magic"" Issue 2, 2004. An Oak Tree An Oak Tree is a conceptual work of art created by Michael Craig-Martin in 1973. The piece, described as being an oak tree, is installed in two units – a pristine installation of a glass of water on a glass shelf on metal brackets 253 centimetres above the ground, and a text mounted on the wall. When first exhibited, the text was given as a handout. The text takes the form of a Q&A about the artwork, in which Craig-Martin describes changing ""a glass of water into a full-grown oak tree without altering"
"The Old Orange Flute The Old Orange Flute (also spelt Ould Orange Flute) is a folk song originating in Ireland. It is often associated with the Orange Order. Despite this, its humour ensured a certain amount of cross-community appeal, especially in the period before the commencement of The Troubles in the late 1960s, and it has also been recorded by artists better-known for songs associated with Irish nationalism, such as The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem and The Dubliners. The tune itself, often referred to as ""Villikins and his Dinah"" after a music hall song of the 1850s (and in"
"The Old Orange Flute The Old Orange Flute (also spelt Ould Orange Flute) is a folk song originating in Ireland. It is often associated with the Orange Order. Despite this, its humour ensured a certain amount of cross-community appeal, especially in the period before the commencement of The Troubles in the late 1960s, and it has also been recorded by artists better-known for songs associated with Irish nationalism, such as The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem and The Dubliners. The tune itself, often referred to as ""Villikins and his Dinah"" after a music hall song of the 1850s (and in"
"song was made famous by Brenda Lee which was a Top 5 hit in 1973. ""I’ve Done Enough Dying Today"", reached number seven on the Billboard charts in 1979 for Larry Gatlin. Goans chose to include Over The Rainbow, the theme of the 1939 film classic, The Wizard Of Oz, after witnessing the reaction of an audience of World War II veterans to her live performance of the song. ""Teea Goans is the whole package...good looks, great voice and a style that is steeped in tradition and yet as fresh as this morning’s sunrise. And did I mention she's country"
"Orange Bird Orange Bird is a Disney character first created in 1970 as a mascot for the Florida Citrus Commission in exchange for them sponsoring the Enchanted Tiki Room attraction at the Magic Kingdom. Orange Bird is an animated fictional orange canary. Unlike other animated birds, Orange Bird is incapable of singing or speaking and instead communicates with orange-colored smoke clouds. Orange Bird appeared on national television, print and radio ads for Florida oranges alongside singer Anita Bryant. In 1971, Bryant narrated a record album telling the character's story. The album included an illustrated 10-page storybook, and included back-up singing"
"recorded pop songs on the radio. She, Tony Orlando, and Toni Wine sang ""Candida"", in a group surreptitiously entitled ""Dawn"". Tony Orlando was a recording industry executive at the time, for a competing label, April-Blackwood. So to avoid a conflict, the group was entitled ""Dawn"" without Orlando's name. However, the song became a major hit, along with its followup ""Knock Three Times"" (also featuring backup by November and Toni Wine). To go on tour, Orlando then asked two other session singers, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, to become the official backup singers, in their own ""Dawn"" group, so they"
"the Mellstock Band. Old Swan Band The Old Swan Band is a long-established and influential English country dance band. Its origins lie in the early 1970s with the English country dance band Oak, one of a tiny handful at that time that combined melodeon with fiddles. Two members of Oak, husband and wife Rod and Danny Stradling (melodeon and vocals), went on to form The Cotswold Liberation Front, which became The Old Swan Band in 1974. They recruited fiddler Paul Burgess, percussionist Martin Brinsford and the Fraser Sisters (Fi and Jo). Fi (short for Fiona) is a fiddle player and"
"Clockwork Orange"". Additional music not used in the film was released in 1972 as ""Wendy Carlos's Clockwork Orange"". Kubrick later collaborated with Carlos on ""The Shining"" (1980). The opening of the film—in which the camera follows Jack Torrance's yellow VW beetle through the mountains to the Overlook Hotel—employs Carlos' eerie rendering of ""Dies Irae"" (Day of Wrath) from Hector Berlioz's ""Symphonie Fantastique"". Kubrick married his high-school sweetheart Toba Metz, a keen caricaturist, on May 29, 1948, when he was nineteen years of age. They had attended Taft High School together and had lived in the same apartment block on Shakespeare"
"Day in the revamped version of The Time in the mid-1990s. All tracks composed by Morris Day Color of Success Color of Success is the 1985 debut album by the funk/R&B singer, Morris Day. Released a year after departing previous band, The Time, the album is similar in style to The Time's material, even going so far as to copy The Time's formula of six songs per album. The album's highlight is ""The Oak Tree"", a funky-pop number about a dance, akin to ""The Bird"" by The Time. The album was produced, arranged and composed by Day, who also played"
"additional background singers may have included Ellie Greenwich, Robin Grean, Leslie Miller, and Linda November. Phil Margo and Siegel played instruments on at least one of the versions of the song. The music of Orlando's version has been described as having ""a lilting, sing-along groove"". ""Candida"" was released as a single in July 1970 under the moniker Dawn, named after the daughter of either Jay Siegel or Bell Records executive Steve Wax. The single reached number one in Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, and Sweden, and the top ten in Austria, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the UK,"
"Tony Orlando Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis (born April 3, 1944), known professionally as Tony Orlando, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, music executive, and actor, known for the group Tony Orlando and Dawn and their 1970s hits. Orlando formed the doowop group The Five Gents in 1959 at the age of 15, with whom he recorded demos, and got the attention of music publisher and producer Don Kirshner.At the age of 17, in 1961, Orlando had his first hit with the song ""Ding Dong"" on the MILO record label. Kirshner hired him to write songs at 1650 Broadway, Manhattan as"
"Orange Ave. Orange Ave. is the fourth studio album by American post-grunge band Seven Mary Three. It was released on July 14, 1998 on Atlantic Records. The album peaked at #121 on the ""Billboard"" 200 on August 1, 1998. The album is named after a main street running through downtown Orlando, Florida, the band's hometown. The album's only ""Billboard""-charting single was ""Over Your Shoulder"" (#7 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and #16 on Hot Modern Rock Tracks). ""Each Little Mystery"" was also released as a single, but did not chart. In an interview with ""Rolling Stone"", Giti Khalsa discussed the"
"Tops and Marvin Gaye. She also sang back up for Isaac Hayes and can be heard famously exclaiming ""Shut your mouth!"" on Hayes' hit song ""Theme from Shaft”. In 1971, Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson were recruited by Tony Orlando to form the vocal group Dawn. (Orlando had released the singles ""Candida"" and ""Knock Three Times"", recorded with session vocalists Linda November and Toni Wine backing him, under the name ""Dawn""; when the singles charted, Orlando found himself needing to assemble an actual backing group to tour and record with. As a recording act, Tony Orlando and Dawn would have"
"the musical trio the Browns. Signed by RCA Victor in 1956, the trio scored their biggest hit when their folk-pop single ""The Three Bells"" reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop and country charts. The single held the No. 1 spot on the pop charts for 4 weeks, and on the country charts for ten. After she married Dr. Gene Ring in 1960, she was known as Bonnie Brown Ring. In 1965, the Browns joined the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, and disbanded in 1967 after Bonnie had decided to retire from the music business. Unlike her"
"has frequently been used as an emblem or logo, carved on public buildings, used on banners and badges, and was once emblazoned on the local Co-operative Society emblem. The town's modern indoor shopping centre is called ""The Oak Mall"" and uses a green tree as its logo. The name is also recalled in a local song (""The Green Oak Tree""). Significantly, no green oak appears on the town's coat of arms which features the three chalices of the Shaw Stewarts, a sailing ship in full sail and two herring above the motto ""God Speed Greenock"". Anecdotal evidence suggests that there"
"former Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington, symbols of the formerly forested area in the north of the borough. The oak trees are ""fructed gules"", which means their fruits (""i.e."" acorns for an oak tree) are visible and should be coloured red. The former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch had no official coat of arms, so in the arms of the London borough, Shoreditch is represented by the three bells in the lower field. They in turn represent the church bells of St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch (these Shoreditch bells are known from the nursery rhyme ""Oranges and Lemons""), but their number of"