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Dawn's version was released on their debut album, Candida, in 1970, [2] and later on the Dawn compilations Greatest Hits, The World of Tony Orlando & Dawn, The Definitive Collection, and The Big Hits. [26] It has also appeared on various-artists compilations including Today's Super Hits, AM Gold: 1970, and Real 70's: the Polyester Hits, Disc ...
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.
On the American Top 40 radio episode for the week ending October 3, 1970, host Casey Kasem stated that the lead singer of Dawn was Frankie Spinelli; obviously this alias was used to further obscure Tony Orlando's true identity as the lead singer on Candida. A few weeks later on the American Top 40 episode for the week ending October 31, 1970 ...
As "Candida" was peaking on the US pop chart in October 1970, Medress brought Orlando back to the studio with backing singers Jay Siegel of the Tokens, Robin Grean, and Toni Wine. [3] Wine remembers Linda November singing on this session. [5] The singers were veterans of the "Candida" recording session, and Wine was co-writer of "Candida" with ...
The Tony Orlando & Dawn Collection: Released: 1979; Label: Arista/Capitol Special Markets; ... As Dawn "Candida" 1970 3 8 9 2 11 18 — — 2 9 UK: Silver; RIAA: Gold;
When his song "Candida" became an international number-one song, he began to use his name in the group becoming "Dawn featuring Tony Orlando" and then "Tony Orlando and Dawn". The group had 19 other top 40 tracks, including "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", the top-selling hit of 1973 and one of the biggest selling singles of all time.
The group (now billed as 'Dawn featuring Tony Orlando') released another single in 1973, and it almost immediately became their next No. 1 single — "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree." In terms of sales, this single was the most successful in the group's career, starting a string of seven consecutive Hot 100 appearances with long ...
"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]