Year
End #1 Song of 1973 ! "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" is
a song by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando. It was written by Irwin Levine and L.
Russell Brown and produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell, with Motown/Stax
backing vocalist Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent Wilson and her sister Pamela
Vincent on backing vocals.[1] It was a worldwide hit for the group in 1973. It
reached number one on both the US and UK charts for four weeks in April 1973,
number one on the Australian charts for seven weeks from May to July 1973 and
number one on the New Zealand charts for ten weeks from June to August 1973. It
was the top-selling single in 1973 in both the US and UK. In 2008, Billboard
ranked the song as the 37th biggest song of all time in its issue celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100.
