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However, Aquino was assassinated and his wife, Corazón Aquino continued her husband's political legacy and led the People Power Revolution of 1986, with the yellow ribbon as her primary symbol. [1] Through this event, the yellow ribbon became a symbol for democracy in the Philippines.
In the Philippines, the yellow ribbon first gained prominence in the 1980s during the Martial Law era as a symbol of support for opposition leader Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. Inspired by the song Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (with the song's lyrics serving as an allegory of Aquino's homecoming after a long period of incarceration ...
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" is a song recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell, with Motown/Stax backing vocalist Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent Wilson and her sister Pamela Vincent on backing vocals. [1]
Another old song which was spontaneously appropriated as a protest anthem was the 1970s American folk rock ditty "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," which had been a reference to the return of American prisoners of war, but which was now adapted to refer to Political detainees under the Marcos dictatorship, such as Aquino himself. [26]
It is also referred to as the Yellow Revolution [8] due to the presence of yellow ribbons during demonstrations (in reference to the Tony Orlando and Dawn song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree") as a symbol of protest following the assassination of Filipino senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. [9] in August 1983 upon his return to the ...
María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino [4] CCLH (Tagalog: [kɔɾaˈsɔn kɔˈhwaŋkɔ aˈkino]; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.
Irwin Jesse Levine (March 23, 1938 – January 21, 1997) [1] was an American songwriter, who co-wrote the song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" with L. Russell Brown. [2] The song was a worldwide hit for Tony Orlando and Dawn as it reached number one on both the US and UK charts for four weeks in April 1973 and number one on the ...
Tuneweaving (released as Tie a Yellow Ribbon in the UK) is the third album by American popular music group Dawn (Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent Wilson) released in 1973 by Bell Records. The title track reached number one in both the US and UK.