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Tony Orlando
Orlando in 2022
Background information
Birth name
Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis
Born
(1944-04-03) April 3, 1944 (age 80) New York City, U.S.
Genres
Pop/Rock
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
producer
actor
Years active
1958–2024
Website
tonyorlando.com
Musical artist
Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis (born April 3, 1944) is an American pop/rock[1] singer, songwriter, and music executive whose career spans over seven decades. He is best known for his work as part of Tony Orlando and Dawn.
In 1993, he opened the Tony Orlando Yellow Ribbon Music Theatre in Branson, Missouri. He ended his act there in 2013 and has since continued to perform many live shows as a headliner, mostly in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2]
^"Tony Orlando Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
^Berk, Dr. Nancy (August 17, 2018). "Music Legend Tony Orlando's Full-Circle Moments in Vegas". Parade. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
decades. He is best known for his work as part of TonyOrlando and Dawn. In 1993, he opened the TonyOrlando Yellow Ribbon Music Theatre in Branson, Missouri...
TonyOrlando and Dawn (also known simply as Dawn) is an American pop music group that was popular in the 1970s, composed of singer TonyOrlando and the...
This is the discography of American pop group TonyOrlando and Dawn. "Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100...
very close friends with singer TonyOrlando; Orlando appeared on Chico and the Man, and Prinze appeared on Orlando's variety show. As he started to make...
North America. Davis is credited with hiring a young recording artist, TonyOrlando, for Columbia in 1967. He has signed many artists who achieved significant...
December 14, 1946) is an American singer, best known as part of the group TonyOrlando and Dawn. Wilson began her career in Detroit providing background vocals...
songs for such artists as The Mindbenders ("A Groovy Kind of Love"), TonyOrlando and Dawn ("Candida"), and Checkmates, Ltd. ("Black Pearl") in the late...
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" is a song recorded by TonyOrlando and Dawn. It was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and produced...
was signed by Columbia/CBS Music vice-president and recording artist, TonyOrlando, who went on to co-write with and produce Manilow and a group of studio...
with his friend TonyOrlando who had already enjoyed limited success singing "Bless You" and "Halfway to Paradise" in 1961. By 1970, Orlando had abandoned...
The Love Boat, and on variety and talk shows such as Donny & Marie, TonyOrlando and Dawn, The Captain and Tennille, The John Davidson Show, The Mike...
session musicians featuring Barry Manilow), produced and co-written by TonyOrlando. It was later re-recorded as a Manilow solo track on his first album...
and co-written by Jerry Butler. It was a top-ten hit in 1960. In 1975, TonyOrlando and Dawn released the song under the title "He Don't Love You (Like I...
Thomas, Woodstock co-organizer Chip Monck, SNL cast member John Belushi, TonyOrlando, Don Ho, and Ella Fitzgerald. His characters on SNL, despite his short...
Records, Dawn, which featured the former teen idol TonyOrlando. It was as a favor to Medress that Orlando sang lead on the first record, "Candida", which...
singles (15 #1's). Signed to his first recording contract in 1969 by TonyOrlando, after writing, singing, and recording hit jingles for business corporations...
presence of yellow ribbons during demonstrations (in reference to the TonyOrlando and Dawn song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree") as a symbol...
Paul Simon, Phil Spector, Howard Greenfield, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, TonyOrlando, and Jack Keller. As a producer-promoter, Kirshner was instrumental in...
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