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Fun Music Information -> Tony Orlando & Dawn
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Possible Misspelled Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Tony Orlando And DawnNew Band Names:
New Name | Why It's Better | Submitter Name |
| Tony Miami & Dusk | Another Florida city plus the opposite of "dawn". | Francis A. Sissy |
| Bony Orlando & Ten Dawn | To tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree | Mickey D. |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round Your Clavicle " | "Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round Your Ole Oak Tree" | Mickey D. |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Knocking On Heaven's Door," Bob Dylan | "Knock Three Times," Tony Orlando & Dawn | |
| "Knock Knock," The Hives | "Knock Three Times," Tony Orlando & Dawn | |
| "Knock On Wood," Eddie Floyd | "Knock Three Times," Tony Orlando & Dawn | |
| "He Will Break Your Heart," Jerry Butler | "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)," Tony Orlando & Dawn | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Change a Letter:
"Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree" originally "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree"
Corrects the spelling.
Ed
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" | "Try The Yellow Pages" | Airfarcewon |
| "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree" | "Squeeze Another Tube and Let's Go Sniffing Glue" | Susanna Viljanen |
| "Sweet Gypsy Rose" | "Red Drippy Nose" | Andria |
| "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree" | "Why This Fellow Ribbin'? For His Fold-Choke Spree" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'round the Old Oak Tree" | "Tie a Crime Scene Ribbon 'round the Lynching Tree" | Mike Littoris |
| "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" | "Add Another CO on the Carbon Tree" | Susanna Viljanen |
| "Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" | "Say, Has Anybody Seen That Creep-Trickster Rove" | William Tong |
| "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree" | "Fly With Mellow Rhythm of the Gold Toke Tree" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Candida" | "Cabrera" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Knock Three Times" | "Use Two Hands!" | Michael Pacholek |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Boneyard Tree The Watchmen | Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree Tony Orlando & Dawn | Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Boneyard Tree Maybe it should be a black ribbon? | Drake Azuma |
| Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally? Tony Orlando & Dawn | Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles | Who's In The Strawberry Fields With Sally? | beegles |
| Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree Tony Orlando & Dawn | Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport Rolf Harris | Tie A Kangaroo Around The Old Oak Tree | hec |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Cry Before Tony Orlando And Dawn
Cry Before Dawn combined with Tony Orlando & Dawn
Submitted By: Taylor Dadsen
Tony! Toni! Tone! Orlando & Dawn
Tony! Toni! Tone! combined with Tony Orlando & Dawn
Submitted By: Martha Hankins
Misheard Lyrics:
"Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the whole damn bus is cheerin
And I can't believe I see. A hunk of yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree. Original Lyrics: Now the whole damn bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see A hundred yellow ribbons round the ole oak tree. | "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: If I don't see a river 'round the old oak tree
Original Lyrics: If I don't see a ribbon 'round the old oak tree
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"Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: If I don't see a ribbon 'round the old oak tree
Put the blame on the bus Forget about us Don't blame me! Original Lyrics: If I don't see a ribbon 'round the old oak tree
I'll stay on the bus Forget about us Put the blame on me. | "Knock Three Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Balloon on a string with a note that's attached to my heart
Original Lyrics: Pulling a string with a note that's attached to my heart
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Mornin' Beautiful"
Opening Lines: Mornin' beautiful, it's morning and you're beautiful
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
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Song Title Space Change:
"Who Sin The Strawberry Patch With Sally" originally "Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"
The Lyrics: Oh, I got wind my Jo's been dancing here in New Orleans In this smoke-filled honky-tonk they call the land of dreams Oh, here she comes a strutting in her birthday clothes Say, has anybody seen my sweet Gypsy Rose
Why: Tony Orlando & Dawn's 1973 #3 hit, "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" was the group's follow-up to the #1 smash, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree" and just like that song, "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" harked back to a simpler time in music that many people wanted to go back to. It's a bluesy dance #, and it is loosely based on the story of Gypsy Rose, just like the Broadway and movie musical. But in this version, Tony Orlando plays the man whose one-time sweet 'Mary Jo' has gone down, as the third verse says, to New Orleans (a real place) to be a stripper, with "rings on her fingers and bells on her toes", at a smoke-filled honky-tonk joint.
Submitted by: Peter
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Onomatopoeia in Lyrics:
"Knock Three Times"
The Lyrics: Oh my sweetness
(Knock, knock, knock) means you'll meet me in the morning Twice on the pipe (click, click) means you ain't gonna show. Why: The barely audible sound of knocking on wood is heard three times, while two taps on a plumbing pipe with a tool (likely a wrench) is heard twice.
Submitted by: MOR
| "Knock Three Times"
The Lyrics: Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Why: The word "knock," which is followed later by a knocking sound, is onomatopoeic.
Submitted by: Kathy
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Bad Ringtone Choices:
"Knock Three Times"
The Lyrics: Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me,
Mmmm, twice on the pipe if the answer is no. (knock, knock, knock) Means you'll meet me in the hallway Why: This is the worst ringtone Senator Larry Craig could blare while being interrogated for soliciting sex in a men's room by means of foot taps and hand signals.
Submitted by: Kathy
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