Question: who sings tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree
[{'answer': 'Tony Orlando and Dawn', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '7322933', 'title': 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'start_character': 58, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_character': 79, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'answer': 'Joyce Vincent Wilson', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '7322933', 'title': 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree', 'start_paragraph_id': 2, 'start_character': 147, 'end_paragraph_id': 2, 'end_character': 167, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'answer': 'Pamela Vincent', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '7322933', 'title': 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree', 'start_paragraph_id': 2, 'start_character': 183, 'end_paragraph_id': 2, 'end_character': 197, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'answer': 'Motown / Stax backing vocalist Telma Hopkins'}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '7322933', 'title': 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree', 'start_paragraph_id': 0, 'start_character': 0, 'end_paragraph_id': 0, 'end_character': 0, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'meta': {'yes_no_answer': 'NONE', 'annotation_id': 3310305262773362457}, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '7322933', 'title': 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree', 'start_paragraph_id': 2, 'start_character': 0, 'end_paragraph_id': 2, 'end_character': 261, 'bleu_score': 0.700674765725204, 'meta': {'yes_no_answer': 'NONE', 'annotation_id': 3310305262773362457}, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '7322933', 'title': 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree', 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.', 'start_paragraph_id': 2, 'end_paragraph_id': 2, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['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.\rhighlight sentence(s) containing evidence, not only the answer', 'vocalist Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent Wilson and her sister Pamela Vincent on backing vocals', '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.']}}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '167051', 'title': 'Connie Francis', 'section': 'Section::::History.:1959–1973: International recording star.\n', 'start_paragraph_id': 42, 'end_paragraph_id': 42, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['In 1973, Francis returned to the recording studio, cutting "(Should I) Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?", b/w "Paint the Rain" on GSF Records. This answer song to "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando & Dawn bubbled under the charts. The project of recording a German version, though, remained unfinished. Another 1971 single, "I Don\'t Want to Walk Without You", b/w "Don\'t Turn Around", on Ivanhoe Records, failed to chart. After her modest success with "(Should I)\rhighlight sentence(s) containing evidence, not only the answer', 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando & Dawn', 'In 1973, Francis returned to the recording studio, cutting "(Should I) Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?", b/w "Paint the Rain" on GSF Records. This answer song to "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando & Dawn bubbled under the charts. The project of recording a German version, though, remained unfinished. Another 1971 single, "I Don\'t Want to Walk Without You", b/w "Don\'t Turn Around", on Ivanhoe Records, failed to chart. After her modest success with "(Should I)']}}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '18307853', 'title': 'L. Russell Brown', 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['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".\rhighlight sentence(s) containing evidence, not only the answer', 'He is most noted for his songs, co-written with Irwin Levine, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"', '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".']}}]}]