connie francis sang the song tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree.
who sang the song tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree?
connie francis
in april 1973, the recording by dawn featuring tony orlando reached no. 1 in the "billboard" hot 100 (chart date 21 april 1973) in the us, and stayed at no. 1 for four weeks. "tie a yellow ribbon" sold 3 million records in the us in three weeks. it also reached no. 1 on the adult contemporary chart, and bmi calculated that radio stations had played it 3 million times from seventeen continuous years of airplay. "billboard" ranked it as the no. 1 song for 1973. it also reached no. 1 in the uk and australia, and has sold one million copies in the uk. in new zealand, the song spent 10 weeks at number one.
tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree
in 1973, francis returned to the recording studio, cutting "(should i) tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree?", b/w "paint the rain" on gsf records. this answer song to "tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree" by tony orlando & dawn bubbled under the charts. the project of recording a german version, though, remained unfinished. another 1971 single, "i don't want to walk without you", b/w "don't turn around", on ivanhoe records, failed to chart.









































section::::history.:1974–1981: tragedy and return.
connie francis