Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree' was a popular song by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando. Tony Orlando and Dawn was a pop music group that was very popular in the 1970s. ...

Written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and produced by Hank Medress and David Appell, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Ole Oak Tree" was a massive worldwide hit in 1973 for Dawn featuring Tony Orlando. Hank Medress was a record producer who co-produced (with Dave Appell) many of Tony Orlando and Dawns hits as well as Melissa Manchesters LP. ... See also: other events of 1973 list of years in music 1970s in music // January 9 - Mick Jaggers request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones plans to tour the Orient. ...

It reached number one on both the UK and US charts for four weeks in April 1973. See also: other events of 1973 list of years in music 1970s in music // January 9 - Mick Jaggers request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones plans to tour the Orient. ...

The song enjoyed duplicate success on country radio, as a cover version by Johnny Carver. Carver's rendition - recorded simply "Yellow Ribbon" - was a top 10 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in June 1973. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Hot Country Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... See also: 1972 in country music, 1973 in music, other events of 1973, 1974 in country music, 1970s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Country musics most successful syndicated radio countdown program to date, American Country Countdown, makes its debut. ...

Background to song

The symbol of a yellow ribbon became widely known in civilian life in the 1970s as a reminder of an absent loved one, either in the military or in jail that they would be welcome home on their return. Yellow ribbon flown in 1979 by Penne Laingen when her husband, US diplomat Bruce Laingen, was held captive during the Iran hostage crisis; among the first of the modern yellow ribbons. ...

From the Library of Congress:

In October of 1971, newspaper columnist Pete Hamill wrote a piece for the New York Post called "Going Home." In it, college students on a bus trip to the beaches of Fort Lauderdale make friends with an ex-convict who is watching for a yellow handkerchief on a roadside oak. Hamill claimed to have heard this story in oral tradition. Pete Hamill Pete Hamill (born 1935) is a prominent American journalist, novelist, and short story writer. ... The New York Post is the 13th-oldest[citation needed] newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. ... Fort Lauderdale, known as the Venice of America, is a city located in Broward County, Florida. ...

In June of 1972, nine months later, Reader's Digest reprinted "Going Home." Also in June 1972, ABC-TV aired a dramatized version of it in which James Earl Jones played the role of the returning ex-con. A month-and-a-half after that, Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown registered for copyright a song they called "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree." The authors said they heard the story while serving in the military. Pete Hamill was not convinced and filed suit for infringement. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla Township, Mississippi in Tate County) is among Americas best known African American film and stage actors. ...

One factor that may have influenced Hamill's decision to do so was that, in May 1973, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" sold 3 million records in three weeks. When the dust settled, BMI calculated that radio stations had played it 3 million times--seventeen continuous years of airplay. Hammill dropped his suit after folklorists working for Levine and Brown turned up archival versions of the story that had been collected before "Going Home" had been written. [1] BMI may stand for: Bank Melli Iran, a public bank in Iran. ...

In 2006, a widely circulated viral video featured the Asylum Street Spankers doing a satirical parody of the song, "Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV," which mocked the popular yellow ribbon car magnets intended to show support for American soldiers in the Iraq War. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Viral marketing. ... Asylum Street Spankers The Asylum Street Spankers, formed in Austin, Texas in 1994, is an American swing, jazz, and dirty-blues band. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...