Tony Orlando

American pop singer during the 1960s and 70s

• born: April 4, 1944; New York, USA
• died: TBD

Although his success was brief after his initial solo appearance in 1961, he re-established himself as a performer in 1970 when he joined Thelma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson as Tony Orlando and Dawn.

Barring lounge appearances and reunion performances, Orlando's career as a singer was effectively over by 1975. Some of his more notable hits:

• Halfway to Paradise
• Knock Three Times
• Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree