Dawn (band)

Dawn
Tony Orlando & Dawn, 1974
General information
Genre (s)	pop
founding	1970
resolution	1977
Last occupation
singing	Tony Orlando
singing	Telma Hopkins
singing	Joyce Vincent

Dawn , from 1973 also Tony Orlando & Dawn , was an American pop trio with great success in the first half of the 1970s.

Band history

Tony Orlando & Dawn, Grand Gala du Disque Populaire, 1974

Dawn was founded in 1970 in New York City with Tony Orlando (born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassivitis on April 3, 1944 ) as lead singer. Orlando, who had three top 100 hits in the early 1960s and retired from the music business, was persuaded to record a track by Hank Medress, member of The Tokens , and Dave Appell, leader of The Applejacks . The song Candida , written by Toni Wine and Irwin Levine , was recorded in May 1970 with Orlando as lead singer and with Ellie Greenwich , Toni Wine, Jay Siegel and Robin Green as background choir. The single rose to the end of JulyBillboard Hot 100 , reached number 3 and stayed on the charts for 18 weeks.

The following single Knock Three Times , written by Lawrence Russell Brown and Irwin Levine, reached the top spot in the singles charts on January 23, 1971 and stayed there for three weeks. The single sold over six million times. In Great Britain the title also reached the top position, in Germany it was second.

Since Dawn had previously only been a studio group, but now tours and public appearances were required by the record company, Orlando formed together with the studio singers Telma Hopkins (born October 28, 1948) and Joyce Vincent (born December 14, 1946) from the beginning 1971 the vocal trio Dawn. From October 1971 the group called itself "Dawn featuring Tony Orlando" and from November 1973 "Tony Orlando & Dawn".

After the titles What Are You Doing Sunday , Runaway / Happy Together , Vaya con Dios and You're a Lady, produced in 1972, were only minor hits, another number one hit in 1973 with Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree . Hit. Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose reached # 3 in the US that same year, and Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally rose to # 27 there.

The 1974 US chart successes were It Only Hurts When I Try to Smile (# 81), Steppin 'Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight) (# 7) and Look in My Eyes Pretty Woman (# 11). In March 1975, He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) became Dawn's third number one hit. In the same year, Mornin 'Beautiful (# 14), You're All I Need to Get By (# 34) and Skybird (# 49) followed. Before the end of Dawn was decided in 1977, two singles made it into the US charts: Cupid made it to number 22 in 1976, and Sing to number 58 the year after.

All of their records were produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell. The vocal trio existed until 1977.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1971	Candida	-	-	-	-	US35 (23 weeks) US
	Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando	-	-	-	-	US178 (2 weeks) US
1973	Tuneweaving	-	-	-	-	US30th gold (34 weeks)US	in Europe as Tie a Yellow Ribbon appeared
	Dawn's New Ragtime Follies	-	-	-	-	US43 gold (58 weeks)US
1974	Prime time	-	-	-	-	US16 (17 weeks) US
1975	Tony Orlando & Dawn II	-	-	-	-	US165 (5 weeks) US	Reissue of the Dawn album featuring Tony Orlando
	Candida & Knock Three Times	-	-	-	-	US170 (4 weeks) US	Reissue of the album Candida
	He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)	-	-	-	-	US20 (17 weeks) US
	Skybird	-	-	-	-	US93 (6 weeks) US
1976	To be with you	-	-	-	-	US94 (6 weeks) US

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Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1974	Golden ribbons	-	-	-	UK46 (2 weeks) UK	-	feat. Tony Orlando
1975	Greatest hits	-	-	-	-	US16 gold (32 weeks)US

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More compilations

• 1973: The Best of the Best of Tony Orlando and Dawn
• 1976: The World of Tony Orlando & Dawn
• 1977: Tony Orlando & Dawn (2 LPs)
• 1979: The Tony Orlando & Dawn Collection
• 1980: Tie a Yellow Ribbon (feat.Tony Orlando)
• 1989: Dawn
• 1989: Knock Three Times / Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (feat.Tony Orlando) (Mini-CD with 2 A- and 2 B-sides)
• 1994: The Best Of
• 1994: The Very Best of Dawn
• 1997: The Very Best of Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando (feat. Tony Orlando)
• 1998: The Definitive Collection

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1970	Candida candida	DE18 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK9 (11 weeks) UK	US3 gold (18 weeks)US	Authors: Irwin Levine , Toni Wine
	Knock Three Times Candida	DE2 (16 weeks) DE	AT6 (8 weeks) AT	CH4 (8 weeks) CH	UK1 (27 weeks) UK	US1 gold (18 weeks)US	Authors: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
1971	I Play and Sing Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando	DE40 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US25 (8 weeks) US	Authors: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
	Summer Sand Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando	-	-	-	-	US33 (10 weeks) US	Authors: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
	What Are You Doing Sunday Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando	-	-	-	UK3 (12 weeks) UK	US39 (9 weeks) US	Authors: Irwin Levine, Toni Wine
	Juanita (I Don't Mean to Love You So Good) Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando	DE44 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	Authors: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
1972	Runaway / Happy Together Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando	-	-	-	-	US79 (4 weeks) US	Authors: Del Shannon , Max Crook / Alan Gordon, Garry Bonner Originals: Del Shannon, 1960 / The Turtles , 1967
	Vaya con Dios Golden Ribbons	-	-	-	-	US95 (3 weeks) US	Authors: Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper Original: Anita O'Day , 1953
	You're a Lady Tuneweaving	-	-	-	-	US70 (8 weeks) US	Author and original: Peter Skellern, 1972
1973	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Tuneweaving	DE9 (22 weeks) DE	AT2 (16 weeks) AT	-	UK1 (40 weeks) UK	US1 gold (23 weeks)US	Authors: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
	Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose Dawn’s New Ragtime Follies	DE37 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (15 weeks) UK	US3 gold (16 weeks)US	Authors: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
	Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally Dawn’s New Ragtime Follies	-	-	-	UK37 (4 weeks) UK	US27 (12 weeks) US	Authors: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
1974	It Only Hurts When I Try to Smile Prime Time	-	-	-	-	US81 (5 weeks) US	Authors: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
	Steppin 'Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight) Dawn's New Ragtime Follies	-	-	-	-	US7 (13 weeks) US	Authors: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
	Look in My Eyes Pretty Woman Prime Time	-	-	-	-	US11 (12 weeks) US	Authors: Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert
1975	He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) He Don't Love You, Like I Love You	-	-	-	-	US1 gold (14 weeks)US	Authors: Calvin Carter, Curtis Mayfield , Jerry Butler
	Mornin 'Beautiful He Don't Love You, Like I Love You	-	-	-	-	US14 (10 weeks) US	Author: Sandy Linzer
	You're All I Need to Get By To Be with You	-	-	-	-	US34 (7 weeks) US	Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
	Skybird Skybird	-	-	-	-	US49 (5 weeks) US	Authors: Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager
1976	Cupid to be with you	-	-	-	-	US22 (9 weeks) US	Author and original: Sam Cooke , 1961
1977	Sing	-	-	-	-	US58 (4 weeks) US	Author: Leo Gianangelo

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More singles

• 1971: Carmen
• 1975: Little Heads in Bunkbeds
• 1976: Midnight Love Affair
• 1976: Spanish Harlem, Rosalita and Me (Promo)

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1. ^ Warner, Jay: The Billboard Book of American Singing Groups. A History 1940-1990 . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1992, p. 484
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c} gold / platinum database US

Web links

• Dawn at Allmusic (English)
• Dawn at Discogs (English)
• Tony Orlando & Dawn at Discogs (English)