I'm crying 😢 reminds me when I was a child,it would play on the radio my mom kept inthe kitchen. As she would be cooking,when the song came on,she'd crank up the volume. She so loved this song. I didn't wanna cry 😢 Miss her so much.
I remember this year, and the great music we had! I am now 76, and smiling at the memories of good times, and good music! My husband was home safe from Vietnam…we had our first home, and life was good! He is still with me….how lucky I have been!
Tony Orlando and Dawn show were put in the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour slot on CBS back then; It happened after that show was cancelled due to Cher splitting from Sonny. This clip I think is from another show where Orlando was a guest.
I miss you mom, this is a old song that brings memories of you and my childhood, I wish we could go back , I turned 60 last month and I remembered when I was 7 and you were 27, where did the time go?
Me pasa lo mismo con mi padre... Hace 5 años que fallecio y esta cancion me transporta a cuando era pequeño y el la ponia a todas horas 😢... Bueno, a lo mejor los que se han ido la están escuchando en otro sitio... Un abrazo a todos y buen día.
A wonderful time to be growing up, we were so lucky to have lived this era. Especially being a teenager in the 1980's. Would not have missed it for anything.😀😀😀
Remember to suck the marrows out of life and to live deliberately each day so that when YOU are 130, 65 years from now, you will say to yourself I was only slightly older than the prior first 65 years young. Cheers!
My dad’s favorite song. He would always keep the radio close to his head before to sleep. It has been 5 years since he left us. Missing u so much Papa😢
Used to watch the show, with my dad, he also passed away couple years ago at the age of 97 , music like this from thar time period, was so much better. Miss you Daddy
So many of us it reminds of us mom because mom is our HOME. I hope they play this in heaven for her. I can't speak about this song without crying . Today's music is horrible. I'd give anything to go back to these days. We are so lucky we got to experience those days.
I agree. However, for me, this is my generation, not my mom's. My mom was the 50s and early 60s. It also was country and western for her. She was a big singing cowboys fan. Me, I fell in love with 60s, 70s, and 80s Rock and Roll. Tony Orlando and Dawn was just one of my favorites. Elvis was another. The mid to late Beatles. Herman's Hermits, the Rolling Stones, the Eagles (yes, I like some of the crossovers and even some country), I also liked another of Pop and, believe it or not, I even liked Disco.
Feeling like time slowing until it's still. I legitimately don't understand what these full soft spirited hearts and beings are meant to live on this deteriorating planet. I wish we could channel the music to make chance
I was dating a very nice girl when this song came out. There was a hugh pine tree in her yard. One night I made a huge yellow ribbon and tied it around the tree. When her and her family and the neighbors saw it the next day, they all started to laugh and smile. They all thought it was great. Her and I dated for some time..... those days were truly the greatest !!!!
this song reminds me of my wife....just before I came back from Okinawa after being there for a year....she wrote a letter in 77 asking if I still wanted her.....been married for 43 years this July
I think that I have not been the only one who cries when I hear this song, I remember that I was very young and when I heard this song with my mother we danced hugging each other. Currently my mother is in very delicate health (she is 90 years old).😢
The pants, the hair and mustache…iconic!!! I loved this song, never understood what he was talking about… but the song eventually got me and I got it!! ❤
I'm 52 yrs old now & still love this song...it's a absolute classic!!! I was about 5 yrs old when this song came out...but I remember well...my mom & dad played it all the time on their 8-track player. My mom is now 74 & my died 5 yrs ago at the age of 73. When I hear this song I smile because it brings back SOME GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama
Randy Miller: I, too, am 52 years old. My parents, big brother (who was a freshman or a sophomore in high school at the time), and I were living on Davis Monthon AFB in Tucson, Arizona when this song was released. I know the human brain will store random information and even the most unexpected memories which, I suppose, makes our species so unique. But after almost three decades, a very dear close friend who recently passed away from advanced pancreatic cancer played this song for me and, as I watched the vinyl record spinning around and around, I was immediately transferred back to 1973 (or did it come out in 1974?) I was suddenly holding my father's hand as our family crossed St. Mary's Blvd to enter and attend Catholic Church services. This church was located on the other side of the road (ac. This memory is, at best, two seconds long before disappearing back to my subconscious and all I am left with is how good it makes me feel. Thank you for your post/comment.
Lovely to read how so many people still listen to this amazing song....am 39 yrs now and would love to keep going on with these lovely melodies of yester years 😇 - from Chennai, India
I to am 54 years old& remember my mom& even grandma loved this song!! In 2022 we need anything to keep our minds off our country being destroyed by the current administration!! God bless you and keep your family safe in these crazy times!!✌️❤️🙏
I was 10 turning 11 in 1973. I loved The Tony Orlando and Dawn Show. Variety shows were it in the 70s. I'm 61 now and this is the best memory ever. Smiling....
@@CHoskinsBurks I bet a big star like beyonce could have a great show, They could sing/rap/dance and do skits, have guest stars etc. i' bet it would work.
I remember watching this with my mother when I was a child, she passed in an accident two years later in 1975. RIP mom. I still think about you often and I still miss you.
Reminds me of being a kid in the 70’s great era to grow up sad that kids today don’t get to experience growing up in a world like back then. Great song...
Am 44 with lung disease. Still do construction and gardening. Love Evel Knieval, Cannonball Run, Dukes of Hazzard and the A Team. Am Irish, my ex Wife and twelve year old Son Jacob is successful at soccer and boxing. But despite Bigg Fat Donald Trump doing his best, this world has become darker and more dangerous. I blame the lefties and the computer nerds. I mean, they control everything these days. Shall watch Viva Knieval Now. Shalom. 🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸🇮🇱
I know I'm not the only one here thinking that music from the 60's,70's,80's, and some 90's and this 70's Gem "Tie A Yellow Ribbon " are past Eras that can never be emulated! If you feel this way too, I salute You!
My mum., who passed away in October 2020, loved this song . I remember saving up my pocket money and walking into the town centre to buy it on vinyl on the Bell Record Label . Then walking home and when she came home from work , sitting down with her to listen to it on their old record player . I will never forget the smile on her face . Good Times ❤
I remember when it came out. They used to play it quite frequently on the radio. I was 10 years old in 1973! I loved the introduction, and until this very day, I still do.✌️❤️
This song wasn't just another hit playing on the radio back in '73. It was THE biggest hit of that year and is one of the most recorded songs of all time.
One of the "all-time-greats" songs. Just throws in relief how bad music is today. For the past 35 years, not even one song that can match this. Thank you, Tony Orlando. You contributed to humanity.
You been sleeping under a rock those past 35 years if you don't think there is any music since 1973 that beats this one. Many of the songs of the 1980's will beat this one easily
I was a little guy when this came out but I do remember it. Quite well actually. And my Mom, Grandmom and Aunt all watching Tony Orlando and Dawn perform this classic. I wish I could go back but this tough old world doesn't work like that. I was just lucky and blessed.
Oh, yes, we all loved the war, didn't we? And we all loved Richard Nixon, although he was a thousand times better than the douchebag in the White House, now.
I L💛VE this Song. First heard it the year I turned 21. People began to put yellow ribbons around trees in the local parks . A lot of Our Viet Nam Combat Vets were returning Home. Some were so disheartened from the things they'd seen and done. The Yellow Ribbons truly helped them to not feel so discouraged. The Song itself definitely seemed to Brighten their Spirits. 💙
I tied one for the love of my life. Left for Vietnam... And we were to suppose to marry when he returned but instead he came home in a Box.🤧❤️❤️🇱🇷 R.I.P. 🙏 we will be together soon. Always miss you Dearly my Love.🌷
This song truly defined a specific time period in U.S. history. It has multiple meanings depending on what age you were. As a child I didn't "get" that it was a soldier returning from Vietnam, but I loved the song! It was performed as a cover on many talk shows and variety shows. It was everywhere!
Way back when I first heard this song on the radio, I almost thought it was he was incarcerated. Then I found out you were right that he was inducted in the military because of his low draft number. I was lucky to have been high enough to have avoided the military. Even though it would have made my life easier because of all the benefits. But this was such a great song and thanks for the memories.
It is not about a soldier returning from Vietnam although it could be. It is about a guy that did time and prison, 3 years I think, and now he is coming home to his family
Below is an excerpt from an interview of the writer of the song: Story Behind the Song: 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon' Dave Paulson The Tennessean L. Russell Brown, left, and Bart Herbison A tale printed in Reader's Digest leaped off the page for songwriter L. Russell Brown. He shared the romantic Civil War-era story with his songwriting partner Irwin Levine, and together they wrote one of the biggest hits of the '70s: Tony Orlando and Dawn's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree." Brown shared the story behind the song with Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International. Bart Herbison: People that weren't there don't remember the magnitude of "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree." It was truly a cultural phenomenon. The song was on charts forever. It was a global masterpiece. Stories were written about it. TV shows use that thing. Irwin Levine was your co-writer. How did this song materialize? L. Russell Brown: I was reading the Reader's Digest. … I read it from front to back. There was an article … it was about a soldier coming home from Andersonville Prison in the Civil War and he was going to Pennsylvania. He told his girl in a letter, "I'll understand if I should stay on the stagecoach. But if I shouldn't, tie a big yellow handkerchief on the big oak tree outside of town. And then I'll know if it's there, I should get off, but I'll understand that you found someone else in the last three years." He couldn't bear to look at it himself. So he told the other people in the stagecoach and the driver to please look. … When they got to the big oak tree, everybody yelled and screamed. He looked out the window, and it was covered with yellow handkerchiefs. A chill went up my neck. I said, "My God!" … I said, "Boy, that would make a great song."
I was only in my single digits when this song came out. And I’ve LOVED it forever!! My parents used to watch the Tony Orlando and Dawn show all the time when I was a kid. AMAZING MEMORIES!! ❤️
6 . . . young but old enough to remember this music . . . Hell I was 6 in 1973 and I can even remember my first grade teacher name . . Mrs Inman and she was great . . . So yeah I remember this song very well from my childhood . . . And even now at 55 years old . . I still love this song. . . So 6 or 55 this is my kind of music and that's never going to change . . . I was young in 1973 . . . But atleast I was there in 1973 and that was as much apart of my life as today is . . . A lot of younger people only wish they had been around in 1973 . . . We were lucky and were there . . . We don't have to make excuses just because we were young and 1973 . . . We may have been young in '73 but it doesn't mean we were stupid and don't remember any of it .
TV was far more diverse than it is today. While it was a big deal to have people of other races on the show, their skin colort wasn't the reason why they were there but the music or other performance that they were there to put on.
I grew up and became a mom in the 70s, I hear this song and I still get goosebumps when they get to the last part of the song. I still love listening to it.
I get panic attacks when , I see or hear part of my childhood in any fashion . My mind automatically realizes how long ago the 1970’s really are but , it also shows how few years , I have left in this world . My name is Tony and my only sister’s name was Dawn Marie and she was two years older than I and as kids . We used to sing these songs , when it came on the radio or our mom played the record player . We acted like we were TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN . Keep the memories strong . R.I.P. SIS , I Love and really with all my ❤ miss you but 😁 I’m still listening to our favorite group and I know your singing and dancing with me 😢
Wonderful song with great melody and touching sentiment...Tony was great singing this...so great Frank Sinatra felt compelled to record it as one of the classic songs of the era...Dawn was fabulous too.
I saw him in Lowell massachusetts for a show on his birthday and for little more you could go to his birthday party after. I think it was his 60th. Everyone could meet and talk to him after. I thought it would be a quick thing. He is such a great guy. He met and talked with everyone for as long as they wanted. He took photos, signed autographs. I didn’t get home until 3 in the morning. What a fantastic time. He is so personable.
Just looked him up. He's did well. Cleaned up, found faith, and aged well. Good to hear as all my other 70's rock heros are dying, depressed, and looking bad....
I can still see my mom and dad dancing in the kitchen to this song. When it came on the radio, the two of them would stop whatever they were doing and dance to this song. When my father passed (1982), I tied a yellow ribbon around his coffin.
Song is so great. There's a sense of sad acceptance to the possibility that his love wont want him anymore after being away for so long. Just ONE single yellow ribbon is all he needs. And he comes to find the tree full of them, idk why that always hits me in the feels so hard.
Eleven and in the fifth grade at St. John Bosco Catholic School in Parma Heights, Ohio. Unfortunately, the school has been closed for many years now, but the memories of the best years live on. :~[ The 1980s were not too bad either, though each decade gets progressively worse to certain degrees. Music was great. Television was great. Everything under the sun was basically better.. :-]
Tony Orlando always reminded me of freedy Prinze RiP or vice versa, I Love this one man, I miss the growin up in these great times!!!! Who's goin Back ta the 70's me please!!!!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐘🐼🐕🐬🐳🐅🐻🐖🐄
That is actually quite tragic. Attaching your youth as the greatest times is really saying you stopped growing in several important ways. Let that phrase, that certain nostalgia, not poison the rest of your life.
I saw tony Orlando in Lowell, MA on his 60th birthday. He joked that on his 40th, he played the Boston Garden. I paid extra to meet him after at his birthday party. Everyone got cake and got to meet him. One woman brought the program flyer for his 40th at Boston which he signed. Tony loves people. He is so genuine and caring. We didn’t get out of there till 3am. He talked to everyone for as long as they had something to say. He didn’t cut anyone short. Truly a great person. He joked about how much more money one of his band mates made. I think she wrote the song “candida”. She also wrote the “meow, meow meow meow” commercial song.
This song just gives me the best feelings of my childhood: I sang this song at school (P.S. 174 in NY) in honor of the hostages returning home from Iran back in 1982. Beautiful rhythm and so happy that I got the chance to see the whole world, back in the 80s sharing just positive feelings and just working together. Thank you!
They were freakin huge, HUGE in the early 1970s. I remember my family went on a cross country trip driving from New York to California, and every radio station and juke box were playing T.O. and Dawn. Same with Jim Croce as well.
I'm crying 😢 reminds me when I was a child,it would play on the radio my mom kept inthe kitchen. As she would be cooking,when the song came on,she'd crank up the volume. She so loved this song. I didn't wanna cry 😢 Miss her so much.
So nostalgic isnt it .😪 I too was a child then.
Beautiful memory of your childhood.
music has this amazing ability to transport you to bad and good times....
Abraço fraterno!
oh i felt a punch to the gut hearing this... I totally understand.. I miss mine so much too
I remember this year, and the great music we had! I am now 76, and smiling at the memories of good times, and good music! My husband was home safe from Vietnam…we had our first home, and life was good! He is still with me….how lucky I have been!
Blessings 😂🎉😊❤
Did you see the last time they preformed this? It's on UA-cam too.
GodBless You and your family for many many years to come 💞
This reminds me about my Dad, when he came home 🏡 from Vietnam!
@@garybnkrI’m gonna have to watch I didn’t see it and I’m the Queen of You tube lol Thanks and good look out
Music was so much better back in those days, times were much better and simpler.
Tony Orlando and Dawn show were put in the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour slot on CBS back then; It happened after that show was cancelled due to Cher splitting from Sonny. This clip I think is from another show where Orlando was a guest.
Exactly.
AMEN!
Why some have to put down others to make themselves feel "good" and "relevant" ? Insecurity SUCKZ
UA-cam is our time machine for great songs and memories.
I miss you mom, this is a old song that brings memories of you and my childhood, I wish we could go back , I turned 60 last month and I remembered when I was 7 and you were 27, where did the time go?
From Argentine what a great words bro!
😢same here
😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😢😢😢
I myself never knew my mum, least you had that, all the best anyway
Me pasa lo mismo con mi padre... Hace 5 años que fallecio y esta cancion me transporta a cuando era pequeño y el la ponia a todas horas 😢... Bueno, a lo mejor los que se han ido la están escuchando en otro sitio... Un abrazo a todos y buen día.
I’m fortunate to have grown up during the 70’s and recall this wonderful music! 70’s music like this will last forever!
A wonderful time to be growing up, we were so lucky to have lived this era. Especially being a teenager in the 1980's. Would not have missed it for anything.😀😀😀
AMEN SISTER!! THANK GOD I GREW UP IN NORMAL TIMES
yeah...but not this....this is just too hokey!! lol
I agree me too
2023 - forever stuck in the 70’s.
So many memories I was young now I am 65. The time has gone by so fast. I love Tony Orlando and Dawn. ❤❤❤😊😊😊
Remember to suck the marrows out of life and to live deliberately each day so that when YOU are 130, 65 years from now, you will say to yourself I was only slightly older than the prior first 65 years young. Cheers!
yes me too, 63 years on me now
@@jimsix9929 *63 a young buck wait until yer 98 like me! Like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
@@okapmeinkap7311 god bless you sir, hope I make it that far my father is 91 still driving and getting around
@@okapmeinkap7311 I hope I get there!!
My dad’s favorite song. He would always keep the radio close to his head before to sleep. It has been 5 years since he left us. Missing u so much Papa😢
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Love this song always play it one of the best
Smile when you think of him.
Used to watch the show, with my dad, he also passed away couple years ago at the age of 97 , music like this from thar time period, was so much better. Miss you Daddy
So😢 Father is in heaven.Mother is luckily here still.Oh how I love her❤.
This song is as relevant today as it was in 1973. It's truly timeless.
I agree!!
What?? To whom? You?
Yeah there is alot of dudes getting out of prison trying to hook up with old friends LOL
A soldier coming home.
So many of us it reminds of us mom because mom is our HOME. I hope they play this in heaven for her. I can't speak about this song without crying . Today's music is horrible. I'd give anything to go back to these days. We are so lucky we got to experience those days.
I agree. However, for me, this is my generation, not my mom's. My mom was the 50s and early 60s. It also was country and western for her. She was a big singing cowboys fan. Me, I fell in love with 60s, 70s, and 80s Rock and Roll. Tony Orlando and Dawn was just one of my favorites. Elvis was another. The mid to late Beatles. Herman's Hermits, the Rolling Stones, the Eagles (yes, I like some of the crossovers and even some country), I also liked another of Pop and, believe it or not, I even liked Disco.
Feeling like time slowing until it's still. I legitimately don't understand what these full soft spirited hearts and beings are meant to live on this deteriorating planet. I wish we could channel the music to make chance
For those who were around during Vietnam this song has a very emotional bind.
The song was also used during the Iranian Hostage Crisis
I was dating a very nice girl when this song came out. There was a hugh pine tree in her yard. One night I made a huge yellow ribbon and tied it around the tree. When her and her family and the neighbors saw it the next day, they all started to laugh and smile. They all thought it was great. Her and I dated for some time..... those days were truly the greatest !!!!
Army Vet - my dad's a retired Military Officer come from a family of Vets - Thank You for this song -- FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE !!!
Amen. I wish more understood that.
God bless from an ex squid.
What I would give to have the 70s and 80s back. Those were the best years of my life.
Ditto!
Absolutely the best years of my life also ❤
Absolutely, and nothing else comes at all close since.
Coming back in 2070-80!😂
Yes!
Maybe..
What goes around comes around?
I truly pity the modern young generation growing up in these times.
Horrible, just horrible..
I'm glad I'm not the only person crying in the comments
I can’t believe tears are falling from my eyes. What a powerful tune!
Well, it makes me smile, that I am still alive now I am 77. Regards
Hopefully the tears on your cheeks are from laughter?😁
@@woodentie8815 thank you, but tears actually came from not seeing yellow ribbons on any tree.
really?? softie....
@@davidwright873 yeap! I can’t believe it but it did happen. I getting old ,I guess.
this song reminds me of my wife....just before I came back from Okinawa after being there for a year....she wrote a letter in 77 asking if I still wanted her.....been married for 43 years this July
Rick Sr. Flood awesome. Congratulations!!!
Congratulations, soldier.
You poor bastard lol lol lol
@@rondaallen7211 thank you.....
Asking if you still want her... how sweet! I hope you celebrate your 50th anniversary.
For all those who are "Tying a Yellow Ribbon" in 2021, You are my friend and I salute you!
I'm there!!!
Yes! Hellow I' d like to be your friend too.
@@MariaFlores-hu1vn Join us....Lots of ribbons! And dig those bell bottom pants....
Yes 😊
I'm in!!
I think that I have not been the only one who cries when I hear this song, I remember that I was very young and when I heard this song with my mother we danced hugging each other. Currently my mother is in very delicate health (she is 90 years old).😢
No I cry like a bitch being a veteran and an ex convict
The pants, the hair and mustache…iconic!!! I loved this song, never understood what he was talking about… but the song eventually got me and I got it!! ❤
don't forget the platform shoes.
I'm 52 yrs old now & still love this song...it's a absolute classic!!!
I was about 5 yrs old when this song came out...but I remember well...my mom & dad played it all the time on their 8-track player.
My mom is now 74 & my died 5 yrs ago at the age of 73.
When I hear this song I smile because it brings back SOME GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama
Randy Miller: I, too, am 52 years old. My parents, big brother (who was a freshman or a sophomore in high school at the time), and I were living on Davis Monthon AFB in Tucson, Arizona when this song was released. I know the human brain will store random information and even the most unexpected memories which, I suppose, makes our species so unique. But after almost three decades, a very dear close friend who recently passed away from advanced pancreatic cancer played this song for me and, as I watched the vinyl record spinning around and around, I was immediately transferred back to 1973 (or did it come out in 1974?) I was suddenly holding my father's hand as our family crossed St. Mary's Blvd to enter and attend Catholic Church services. This church was located on the other side of the road (ac. This memory is, at best, two seconds long before disappearing back to my subconscious and all I am left with is how good it makes me feel. Thank you for your post/comment.
Yo con 50 y jamás dejaré de escucharla. Tan bella como tantas de esa prodigiosa década musical 🎼🎶🎼🎶🎼🎶💖💖💖👏👏👏👏👏👏
Lovely to read how so many people still listen to this amazing song....am 39 yrs now and would love to keep going on with these lovely melodies of yester years 😇 - from Chennai, India
I remember this being on the radio driving around with mom that summer . I'm 52 now and it always takes me back
I to am 54 years old& remember my mom& even grandma loved this song!! In 2022 we need anything to keep our minds off our country being destroyed by the current administration!! God bless you and keep your family safe in these crazy times!!✌️❤️🙏
I'm crying when he sing that there is a hundred yellow ribbons round the old oak tree. That part really make me goosebumps.
Me too 😟☺️😟☺️. Smile and cry.
I can't help myself.
I get teary eyed when he says; "Now the whole damn bus is cheering"
I didn't cry but my eyes did get misty.
You and me both!
Long live UA-cam for these gems!
Watched this special episode on TV with my mom, dad, siblings . 1973 was a great time.
Who you telling....I miss the 70's
"Now the whole damn bus is cheering . . . " It's GREAT when people celebrate the good fortune of other people. Peace to all.
:)
@@AdamBechtol :)
Empathy. All the bus is cheering.
That part gives me chills
"Celebrate the good fortune of other people" is beautiful.
I was 10 turning 11 in 1973. I loved The Tony Orlando and Dawn Show. Variety shows were it in the 70s. I'm 61 now and this is the best memory ever. Smiling....
I am a qualified lesbian too
sonny and cher, carol burnett, donny and marie, i don't think there's a single variety show anymore.
@@user-gx2yy1df6f yes, all of them. You’re right variety shows are a thing of the past. It’s all about reality show.
@@CHoskinsBurks I bet a big star like beyonce could have a great show, They could sing/rap/dance and do skits, have guest stars etc. i' bet it would work.
I am 54, soon to be 55 and I still love this song also! And these three people.
I am a qualified lesbian too
I love this song very much thank you
I remember watching this with my mother when I was a child, she passed in an accident two years later in 1975. RIP mom. I still think about you often and I still miss you.
I am so sorry that happened to you.
❤💔
Rest is peace your mother
May she rest in peace.Amen
I was just 7 or so when this came out but had my parents another 40 years +. Sorry your mom left so soon . But good you have memories stored with her.
How can this possibly be nearly 50 years ago? I remember Tony Orlando and Dawn like it was yesterday!
I like Tony very much, and I have great respect for him.
Songs were songs and we all enjoyed singing along or just chilling out.
Ok geezer
@@raynabozny6309 If you're lucky, you'll live long enough to be a geezer, too.
"From Television City in Hollywood, CA........It's Tony Orlando and Dawn!"
Thank you very much for play ing this song very much ❤😂
Those were the good old days! Thank you for the beautiful memories of days gone by ❤😊
Reminds me of being a kid in the 70’s great era to grow up sad that kids today don’t get to experience growing up in a world like back then. Great song...
So true.MEMORIES.
Am 44 with lung disease. Still do construction and gardening.
Love Evel Knieval, Cannonball Run, Dukes of Hazzard and the A Team.
Am Irish, my ex Wife and twelve year old Son Jacob is successful at soccer and boxing.
But despite Bigg Fat Donald Trump doing his best, this world has become darker and more dangerous.
I blame the lefties and the computer nerds.
I mean, they control everything these days.
Shall watch Viva Knieval
Now.
Shalom. 🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸🇮🇱
lol...it depends who you talk to, but the 70s were not that great. Lots of people faced adversity.
ABSO-FREAKIN-LUTLEY !!!
amen
I know I'm not the only one here thinking that music from the 60's,70's,80's, and some 90's and this 70's Gem "Tie A Yellow Ribbon " are past Eras that can never be emulated! If you feel this way too, I salute You!
I agree. '95 was just about where music in general took a nose dive.
"Knock Three Times" was the first song I remember hearing on my little transistor radio I got for Christmas in 1970. Too sweet!
@Mark Berryhill - Yes, I remember that one as well . They had a variety show as well .
My mum., who passed away in October 2020, loved this song .
I remember saving up my pocket money and walking into the town centre to buy it on vinyl on the Bell Record Label .
Then walking home and when she came home from work , sitting down with her to listen to it on their old record player .
I will never forget the smile on her face .
Good Times ❤
I stumbled on this song just this year and i can't let go😢.
With love from Nigeria
yes good music has no borders, wish governments would think the same way
When music was music !!!
rat patrol
And beautiful women were beautiful
Songs that bring back good childhood memories,when music meant something. Always puts a smile on my face 😃
Yessssssss!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💝
Thats right
This is Real Music! The way it’s supposed to be sang. No flashing lights or vulgar language. No dancers, just good music. Miss those great songs
But the women are dancing in this video 😬
And "the whole *damn* bus is cheering"
Thats true.
And here's the beauty of America: a puerto rican and two blacks.....50 years ago....my point: always room at the top for hard work and talent
A lot 70’s are relaxing
You miss your mom,will always.but you have those happy, precious memories, hang on to them.
8th Grade, talent show. I sang this song for the first time in front of an audience. Still singing 50 years later. Good times.
2019 here
Hands up whose still watching?
2020 now!
Today.
And you know its true.
I play the guitar busking in Dublin, Ireland.
I like this song.
😃🇬🇧🇨🇮🇺🇸
2020. Germany.
july 2020 watching***************
This music is way better and timeless than today’s bullshit . Bravo 👏
My brother Ray Charles used to tell me, “Every music has its own soul, Quincy. It doesn't matter what style it is, just be true to it.” - Quincy Jones
@@orionred2489 THE Ray Charles who sang Hit the Road, Jack?
This is back when we had music we could dance to, and we did, and we had fun. Today's young adults don't know what they are missing.
You are going to get a lot of likes…Music now is bull💩
1970s music greatest music ever;; t❤ 1970s greatest ever made
As a Norwegian, after when I learned the meaning of the yellow ribbon, this song always manage to create some tears.
I wasn't even born when this song was a hit, but it's one of my favorite songs. So beautiful, so poetic, so nostalgic. Simply wonderful, I love it!
I remember when it came out. They used to play it quite frequently on the radio. I was 10 years old in 1973! I loved the introduction, and until this very day, I still do.✌️❤️
I remember tony , but I was just 3
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It was all over the radio and it was a huge hit for Tony Orlando and Dawn.
Wow, I was 17.
This song wasn't just another hit playing on the radio back in '73. It was THE biggest hit of that year and is one of the most recorded songs of all time.
One of the "all-time-greats" songs. Just throws in relief how bad music is today. For the past 35 years, not even one song that can match this. Thank you, Tony Orlando. You contributed to humanity.
Please don't forget about "Dawn"...😁☮️❤️
I was born too late….1982…
You been sleeping under a rock those past 35 years if you don't think there is any music since 1973 that beats this one. Many of the songs of the 1980's will beat this one easily
Its hard to find, but there is good modern music, just isn't promoted by music labels and such. Have to find it yourself which isn't easy : |
What about Cardi B? She contributes her fat twerking ass to humanity. Who says there isn't great music nowadays??
It's 2020 Now, When I was a Kid I thought we'd have flying cars by now LOL !
Funny
I did too
We had evel Knievel
You're right! I'M FEELING RIPPED OFF! Where's my FLYING CAR?!
Now we have flying virus:)
I'm 54 and remember laying on my daddy's tummy and watching this he ket ne stay up❤❤❤❤❤ love Douglas Burkhart
I was a little guy when this came out but I do remember it. Quite well actually. And my Mom, Grandmom and Aunt all watching Tony Orlando and Dawn perform this classic. I wish I could go back but this tough old world doesn't work like that. I was just lucky and blessed.
1970"s when times were good.
Huh?
Viet Nam.
Oh, yes, we all loved the war, didn't we? And we all loved Richard Nixon, although he was a thousand times better than the douchebag in the White House, now.
@@arthurharrison1345 Word!
@Ray DeOperator Sorry to hear that, I was in my teens so I had no worries, the only worry I had was what am I wearing to school tomorrow?
I get tears of joy and happiness...watching this again..my dear God...how.I miss those times..
I L💛VE this Song. First heard it the year I turned 21. People began to put yellow ribbons around trees in the local parks . A lot of Our Viet Nam Combat Vets were returning Home. Some were so disheartened from the things they'd seen and done. The Yellow Ribbons truly helped them to not feel so discouraged. The Song itself definitely seemed to Brighten their Spirits. 💙
I see 100 yellow ribbons around the old oak tree! So wholesome. I'm 56 & was little but I remember this on the radio.
MAN THIS SONG NEVER GETS OLD I SIMPLY LOVE IT.
It got old to me (They played it so much back in the day), but it was nice to hear after not hearing it for awhile.
I tied one for the love of my life. Left for Vietnam... And we were to suppose to marry when he returned but instead he came home in a Box.🤧❤️❤️🇱🇷
R.I.P. 🙏 we will be together soon. Always miss you Dearly my Love.🌷
sorry god bless x
I sm so sorry for your loss. I pray that our Lord lifts you up in His Mercy.
Condolences
Damn it, so so unfair! I pray that you get to see him again some day. There just has to be more the it than just this!!!!!
I couldn't imagine what that must have been like. hugs.
Proud to be born on the 70's unforgettable decade.
THIS SONG IS STILL A PURE CLASSIC AFTER 49 YEARS.
So many things have changed since then, but this one is still a great song to hear and enjoy.
I grew up with song,i know word for word.Thats how much i loved this song.. still singing this song..
At 57
This song truly defined a specific time period in U.S. history. It has multiple meanings depending on what age you were. As a child I didn't "get" that it was a soldier returning from Vietnam, but I loved the song! It was performed as a cover on many talk shows and variety shows. It was everywhere!
Way back when I first heard this song on the radio, I almost thought it was he was incarcerated. Then I found out you were right that he was inducted in the military because of his low draft number. I was lucky to have been high enough to have avoided the military. Even though it would have made my life easier because of all the benefits. But this was such a great song and thanks for the memories.
It is not about a soldier returning from Vietnam although it could be. It is about a guy that did time and prison, 3 years I think, and now he is coming home to his family
always thought it was about a man returning from prison
Below is an excerpt from an interview of the writer of the song:
Story Behind the Song: 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'
Dave Paulson
The Tennessean
L. Russell Brown, left, and Bart Herbison
A tale printed in Reader's Digest leaped off the page for songwriter L. Russell Brown.
He shared the romantic Civil War-era story with his songwriting partner Irwin Levine, and together they wrote one of the biggest hits of the '70s: Tony Orlando and Dawn's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree." Brown shared the story behind the song with Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International.
Bart Herbison: People that weren't there don't remember the magnitude of "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree." It was truly a cultural phenomenon. The song was on charts forever. It was a global masterpiece. Stories were written about it. TV shows use that thing. Irwin Levine was your co-writer. How did this song materialize?
L. Russell Brown: I was reading the Reader's Digest. … I read it from front to back. There was an article … it was about a soldier coming home from Andersonville Prison in the Civil War and he was going to Pennsylvania. He told his girl in a letter, "I'll understand if I should stay on the stagecoach. But if I shouldn't, tie a big yellow handkerchief on the big oak tree outside of town. And then I'll know if it's there, I should get off, but I'll understand that you found someone else in the last three years." He couldn't bear to look at it himself. So he told the other people in the stagecoach and the driver to please look. … When they got to the big oak tree, everybody yelled and screamed. He looked out the window, and it was covered with yellow handkerchiefs. A chill went up my neck. I said, "My God!" … I said, "Boy, that would make a great song."
you Wrong! Is NOT a gut returning from Vietnam! Is about a Guy who made time in prision! Don't misinfom ! 😊
A timeless classic. 😊
Saw Tony in February and he still has a great voice and show.
Hi June
Wow! Lucky
I was only in my single digits when this song came out. And I’ve LOVED it forever!! My parents used to watch the Tony Orlando and Dawn show all the time when I was a kid. AMAZING MEMORIES!! ❤️
Single digits?
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I was around six. 6 is a “SINGLE” digit.
@@jimbigboystoys4077 Ok 🙂
6 . . . young but old enough to remember this music . . . Hell I was 6 in 1973 and I can even remember my first grade teacher name . . Mrs Inman and she was great . . . So yeah I remember this song very well from my childhood . . . And even now at 55 years old . . I still love this song. . . So 6 or 55 this is my kind of music and that's never going to change . . . I was young in 1973 . . . But atleast I was there in 1973 and that was as much apart of my life as today is . . . A lot of younger people only wish they had been around in 1973 . . . We were lucky and were there . . . We don't have to make excuses just because we were young and 1973 . . . We may have been young in '73 but it doesn't mean we were stupid and don't remember any of it .
TV was far more diverse than it is today.
While it was a big deal to have people of other races on the show, their skin colort wasn't the reason why they were there but the music or other performance that they were there to put on.
Brings tears to my eyes as the memories come back. What a wonderful time in my childhood.
I remember my babysitter Mr Green and his wife I remember hearing this on her radio everyday everyday
Wow! Tony Orlando and Dawn sound so good! Brings back alot of great memories!
I grew up and became a mom in the 70s, I hear this song and I still get goosebumps when they get to the last part of the song. I still love listening to it.
Billboard's #1 song of the year of 1973. Good choice.
I sang that song nearly every day walking to my first elementary school.
Now I'm watching it on a cordless phone. 😮.. it's been 50 long years
Que gran voz e interpretación de Tony Orlando nos hacen falta estos cantantes para que continúen alegrándonos la vida.
Esa rola en mexico pego cuando salian del penal carcel era comun los recibian al salir con esa rola
Jajajajajajajajajaja
@@andresaparicio7769 no es de risas; es informativo; la historia de la cancion se basa en eso, y lo dice la letra.
TONY ORLANDO- ORGULLO BORICUA Y GRECO. NACIDO EN EL BARRIO BORICUA EN NUEVA YORK.
Wow such a sweet, happy, fun loving song. A simpler time back then and perhaps a better time too.
You do not need a lot of hits you just need a MEGA Hit and this was a MEGA HIT.....played on every station and bought by millions.
Cuantos de nosotros quisiéramos viajar al pasado y volver a vivir esos lindos momentos que nos marcaron todo la vida
Such a great song wish we still had singers like that these days
my brother who passed 10 yrs ago loved this song and so do i! Maria in Sweden.
Ff,f
Nice way to remember 😁
maria eriksson God bless u
Sorry to hear about your brother. I can't imagine.
Much love from USA and another Scandinavian
I get panic attacks when , I see or hear part of my childhood in any fashion . My mind automatically realizes how long ago the 1970’s really are but , it also shows how few years , I have left in this world . My name is Tony and my only sister’s name was Dawn Marie and she was two years older than I and as kids . We used to sing these songs , when it came on the radio or our mom played the record player . We acted like we were TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN .
Keep the memories strong .
R.I.P. SIS , I Love and really with all my ❤ miss you but 😁 I’m still listening to our favorite group and I know your singing and dancing with me 😢
Wonderful song with great melody and touching sentiment...Tony was great singing this...so great Frank Sinatra felt compelled to record it as one of the classic songs of the era...Dawn was fabulous too.
I am going to see Tony Orlando tonight at Mohegan sun casino in Connecticut can't wait
I saw him in Lowell massachusetts for a show on his birthday and for little more you could go to his birthday party after. I think it was his 60th. Everyone could meet and talk to him after. I thought it would be a quick thing. He is such a great guy. He met and talked with everyone for as long as they wanted. He took photos, signed autographs. I didn’t get home until 3 in the morning. What a fantastic time. He is so personable.
oh! wish i could!! take care!!
GOOD FOR YOU....
Tell us about him
Seriously?????
Just looked him up. He's did well. Cleaned up, found faith, and aged well. Good to hear as all my other 70's rock heros are dying, depressed, and looking bad....
I can still see my mom and dad dancing in the kitchen to this song. When it came on the radio, the two of them would stop whatever they were doing and dance to this song. When my father passed (1982), I tied a yellow ribbon around his coffin.
This is a classic and iconic song, I grew up when this song came out. I feel nostalgic listening to it.
Just beautiful, I am listening to this song in 2019. Still love it, gracias.
Hi silver
🎶🎼🎶🎼👏👏👏👏 ENERO 2022... 2 080...
I love this song a lot thank you
Song is so great. There's a sense of sad acceptance to the possibility that his love wont want him anymore after being away for so long. Just ONE single yellow ribbon is all he needs. And he comes to find the tree full of them, idk why that always hits me in the feels so hard.
Absolutely love this song!!!!
Oooooooohhhh 🎼🎶🎼🎶🎼🎶🎼👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 masterpiece!!!!
2019.
But nothing compared to the music in the 70s along with the clothes.
My favorite pants were lite blue plaid bell bottoms.
Love this.❤️💝❤️
I remember wearing bell bottoms!
It's amazing how music can take us back to a very special time in our lives and thank goodness it does.
Eu tinha 14 anos nessa época !E quando tocava nas radios eu aumentava o volume porque essa musica é simplesmente maravilhosa!Que saudades saudades!😢👏
They played this on radio so often. I got sick of it, but it's a great song.
Really brings back memories.
It reminds me that I was young a long time ago.
Me too
I was in grade 3 ..❤️ 1973
4th grade @ St. Thomas Moore Elementary in Washington, D.C. A better time. 😇
I was 8 in 1973 😭
Eleven and in the fifth grade at St. John Bosco Catholic School in Parma Heights, Ohio.
Unfortunately, the school has been closed for many years now, but the memories of the best years live on. :~[
The 1980s were not too bad either, though each decade gets progressively worse to certain degrees.
Music was great.
Television was great.
Everything under the sun was basically better.. :-]
Always loved his songs! Such a great talent!
"Hey Tony Orlando is on the Mike Douglas Show!!" We would all run inside to watch TV.
What a blast from the past! I was five years old when this song was playing on the radio!
Tony Orlando always reminded me of freedy Prinze RiP or vice versa, I Love this one man, I miss the growin up in these great times!!!! Who's goin Back ta the 70's me please!!!!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐘🐼🐕🐬🐳🐅🐻🐖🐄
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They had similarities but I loved the way tony looked
I'm pretty sure they both were from Puerto Rico,and become stars around the same era.
They were close friends. Tony never fully recovered from the Prinze suicide.
Freddie Prinze was far cuter, more slender
@@BroccoliBeefed They look very similiar
I'm ,,, 62 memories thank you
I love this song very much thank you ❤😂
Love these pop songs.... happy, none political ..sing them without a care in the world.😚
The greatest times of my life when this was on TV.
Yes, the good old days how miss them
That is actually quite tragic. Attaching your youth as the greatest times is really saying you stopped growing in several important ways. Let that phrase, that certain nostalgia, not poison the rest of your life.
You could say that 1973 was the last really good year of the 70s. Things started really going downhill around 1974.
@@scdevon No No, the disco era came in and we danced all night long at Studio 54, The Ice Palace 57 in NYC, Infinity, Xenon, to say the least...
Same here. I was 4.
I saw tony Orlando in Lowell, MA on his 60th birthday. He joked that on his 40th, he played the Boston Garden. I paid extra to meet him after at his birthday party. Everyone got cake and got to meet him. One woman brought the program flyer for his 40th at Boston which he signed. Tony loves people. He is so genuine and caring. We didn’t get out of there till 3am. He talked to everyone for as long as they had something to say. He didn’t cut anyone short. Truly a great person. He joked about how much more money one of his band mates made. I think she wrote the song “candida”. She also wrote the “meow, meow meow meow” commercial song.
This song just gives me the best feelings of my childhood: I sang this song at school (P.S. 174 in NY) in honor of the hostages returning home from Iran back in 1982. Beautiful rhythm and so happy that I got the chance to see the whole world, back in the 80s sharing just positive feelings and just working together. Thank you!
They were freakin huge, HUGE in the early 1970s. I remember my family went on a cross country trip driving from New York to California, and every radio station and juke box were playing T.O. and Dawn. Same with Jim Croce as well.