Partners is a 1979 album recorded by Scherrie & Susaye for Motown Records.
 Following the demise of The Supremes in 1977, former group members Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene recorded this album together on the Motown label.
 Both singers share songwriting duties as well as receiving associate producer credit for the album.
 Legendary performer Ray Charles makes a guest appearance on the album on the song "Love Bug".
 Joyce Vincent Wilson, a candidate to replace original Supreme Mary Wilson when Payne and Greene were considering continuing with the "Supremes" name, is heavily featured on background vocals.
Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis (born April 3, 1944), better known as Tony Orlando, is an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn in the early 1970s.
Tie a Yellow Ribbon is the third album by American popular music group Dawn (Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitas, Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent Wilson) released in 1973 by Bell Records.
 The title track reached #1 in both the US and UK charts.
 In terms of sales, this single was the most successful in the group's career, starting a string of seven consecutive Hot 100 appearances.
 Another track from this album, “You’re A Lady” by English singer/songwriter Peter Skellern, reached #70 in the US charts.
 The group changed their name to "Tony Orlando and Dawn" later in 1973
Wait A While (foaled March 4, 2003) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare.
 Although she showed some good form on dirt she had her greatest success on turf and won twelve of her twenty-four races in a track career which lasted from August 2005 until October 2008.
 As a two-year-old she won two of her four races including the Miss Grillo Stakes.
 In the following year she won the Davona Dale Stakes, Sands Point Stakes, American Oaks, Lake Placid Stakes and Yellow Ribbon Stakes in a campaign which saw her being voted that season's American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.
 Her third season was disrupted by illness and injury but she did win the Honey Fox Stakes and the Ballston Spa Handicap.
 In her final season Wait A While won the San Gorgonio Handicap and recorded repeat victories in the Ballston Spa Handicap and the Yellow Ribbon Stakes.
 Her racing career ended controversially when she was disqualified for failing a drug test after finishing third in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
Lawrence "Larry" Russell Brown (born June 29, 1940), known as L. Russell Brown, is an American lyricist and composer.
 He is most noted for his songs, co-written with Irwin Levine, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" and "Knock Three Times"—international hits for the 1970s pop music group Tony Orlando and Dawn.
 He also co-wrote "C'mon Marianne" for The Four Seasons, and The Partridge Family 1971 song, "I Woke Up In Love This Morning".
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"Knock Three Times" is a popular song credited to Tony Orlando and Dawn.
 The actual singers were Tony Orlando, Toni Wine, and Linda November, prior to the creation of "Dawn" with Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson.
 The song was released as a single in November 1970, paired with Orlando's other hit song, "Candida" (also written by Toni Wine).
 The single hit number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in January 1971 and eventually sold six million copies, also claiming the number-one spot on the UK Singles Chart.
 The song registered well at Adult Contemporary stations, reaching #2 on Billboard's "Easy Listening" survey.
Joyce Vincent Wilson (born December 14, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer, most famous as part of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn.
Dawn's New Ragtime Follies is a 1973 album by the American pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn.
 This release was a concept album that successfully combined Vaudevillian ragtime flavors with pop and disco music.
 With multi-generational appeal, and aided by Tony Orlando & Dawn's highly successful weekly TV variety show on CBS, DAWN'S NEW RAGTIME FOLLIES sold millions and became Tony Orlando & Dawn’s best selling LP.
 NEW RAGTIME FOLLIES spawned the best-selling singles "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose," "Who’s in the Strawberry Patch With Sally" and "Steppin’ Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight.")
 Telma Hopkins is featured on lead vocals for a cover of John Sebastian's "Daydream", which was a hit for the Lovin' Spoonful in 1966.
 A recent compact disc reissue of the album contains four bonus tracks, "Jolie", "Personality", Come Back Billie Jo", and a slightly varied single version of "Steppin’ Out."
Telma Louise Hopkins (born October 28, 1948) is an American singer and actress.
 She rose to prominence as a member of the 1970s pop music group Tony Orlando and Dawn, which had several number one songs.
 She also performed on the CBS variety show "Tony Orlando and Dawn" from 1974 to 1976 along with Tony Orlando and Joyce Vincent Wilson.
Tony Orlando and Dawn is an American pop music group that was popular in the 1970s.
 Their signature hits include "Candida", "Knock Three Times", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", and "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)".

Question: Tie a Yellow Ribbon is the third album by American popular music group Dawn (Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitas, Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent Wilson) released in which year?
Answer: 1973