Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Content:  "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" is a song recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn. 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. It was a worldwide hit for the group in 1973. The single reached the top 10 in ten countries, in eight of which it topped the charts. 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. For the 60th anniversary in 2018, the song still ranked in the top 50, at number 46.
Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Content:  his last acting roles.) ; Comedian Victor Lewis-Smith recorded a sketch on BBC Radio in which he claims to have an annoying song playing in his head, but he can't remember what the name of it is. "It goes... 'Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree...' But WHAT'S IT CALLED?" ; The song is referenced in "The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home," which hit #1 on Country airplay in 2019. ; On The Kids In The Hall, Kevin McDonald and Dave Foley, as the Sizzler Sisters, sing this as part of their lounge act. ; The song is featured in The Simpsons when sung by Disco Stu in a karaoke bar on "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" (season 27, episode 5). 
Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Content:  Singalong with Max (1975). ; Freddy Fender covered the song in a bilingual version entitled El Roble Viejo in 1975 ; The song was covered by Lawrence Welk, whose orchestra performed it many times on his television program during the late 1970s; a studio version was released in 1975 on his album Lawrence Welk's Most Requested TV Favorites (Champagne Style). ; The song was performed on The Muppet Show twice: the first was in the form of the rewritten parody "Tie a Yellow Ribbit Round the Old Oak Tree" in the Steve Martin episode and then as an instrumental during the "Pigs in Space" segment of 
Title: Yellow ribbon
Content:  a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree." The authors said they heard the story while serving in the military. Pete Hamill was not convinced and filed suit for infringement. The symbol became widely known in civilian life in the 1970s. It was the central theme of the popular song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", Written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn (among many others), as the sign a released prisoner requested from his wife or lover to indicate that she would welcome him home. He would be able to see it from the bus driving 
Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Content:  In April 1973, the recording by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando reached No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 (chart date 21 April 1973) in the US, and stayed at No. 1 for four weeks. "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" sold 3 million records in the US in three weeks. It also reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and BMI calculated that radio stations had played it 3 million times from seventeen continuous years of airplay. Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1973. It also reached No. 1 in the UK and Australia, and has sold one million copies in the UK. In New Zealand, the song spent 10 weeks at number one.
Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Content: The song had renewed popularity in 1979, in the wake of the Iranian hostage crisis. ; Later in 1973, Connie Francis had a minor hit in Australia with an answer song, "The Answer (Should I Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?)". Her version remained in the top 40 for three weeks, peaking at number 31. ; In 1977, the song was sung by Andy Kaufman, while playing his character Tony Clifton, on HBO. ; The song appeared in the 1982 movie An Officer and a Gentleman, played by a band at the Navy Ball. ; The song was performed by David Alan Grier, as Don "No Soul" Simmons, over the closing credits of Amazon Women on the Moon (1987). ; On the 
Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Content: The song enjoyed duplicate success on country radio, as a cover version by Johnny Carver. Carver's rendition - simply titled "Yellow Ribbon" - was a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in June 1973. Carver's version also reached Number One on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. Musically similar, the only difference in the song is the substitution of the minor expletive "damn" (in the lyric, "Now the whole damn bus is cheering") with "darn". ; Bing Crosby recorded the song on 8 June 1973 with an orchestra conducted by Billy Byers for Daybreak Records. ; Also in 1973, Jim Nabors covered 
Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Content:  The song is told from the point of view of someone who has "done his time" in prison ("I'm really still in prison and my love, she holds the key") but is uncertain if he will be welcomed home. He writes to his love, asking her to tie a yellow ribbon around the "ole oak tree" in front of the house (which the bus will pass by) if she wants him to return to her life; if he does not see such a ribbon, he will remain on the bus (taking that to mean he is unwelcome) and understand her reasons ("put the blame on me"). He asks the bus driver to check, fearful of not seeing anything. To his amazement, the entire bus cheers the response &ndash; there are 100 yellow ribbons around the tree, a sign he is very much welcome.
Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Content:  story that had been collected before "Going Home" had been written. In 1991, Brown said the song was based on a story he had read about a soldier headed home from the Civil War who wrote his beloved that if he was still welcome, she should tie a handkerchief around a certain tree. He said the handkerchief was not particularly romantic, so he and Mr. Levine changed it to a yellow ribbon. Levine and Brown first offered the song to Ringo Starr, but Al Steckler of Apple Records told them that they should be ashamed of the song and described it as "ridiculous".
Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Content:  In the Philippines, the song was best known for its use in the return of exiled politician Benigno Aquino Jr. in 1983, when supporters tied yellow ribbons on trees in anticipation of his arrival. However, Aquino was assassinated at the Manila International Airport. This sparked protests and the People Power three years later that led to the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos' authoritarian regime, and the accession of his opponent, Aquino's widow Corazón. Yellow was also the campaign symbol of their son, Benigno Aquino III, who eventually became President in 2010 following his mother's death the previous year.

Question: who sings tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree?
Answer: Joyce Vincent Wilson.
Pamela Vincent.
Tony Orlando and Dawn.