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Tony Orlando‌

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Birthday

calendar1944-04-03

Popularity

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Tony Orlando

Tony Orlando

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1944-04-03

Popularity

star3.7

Biography

Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis (born April 3, 1944), better known as Tony Orlando, is an Americanshow business professional, best known as the lead singer of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn in the early 1970s. Discovered by producer Don Kirshner, Orlando had songs on the charts in 1961 when he was 16, "Halfway to Paradise" and "Bless You". Orlando then became a producer himself, and at an early age was promoted to a vice-president position at CBS Records, where he was in charge of the April-Blackwood Music division. He sang under the name "Dawn" in the 1970s, and when the songs became hits, he went on tour and the group became "Tony Orlando and Dawn". They had several songs which were major hits including "Candida", "Knock Three Times", and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". The group hosted a variety program, "The Tony Orlando and Dawn Show" on CBS from 1974–76, and then broke up in 1978. Orlando then continued as a solo singer, performing in Las Vegas and Branson, Missouri.[1] Orlando has hosted the New York City portions of the MDA Labor Day Telethon on WWOR-TV since the 1980s but quit in 2011 in response to Jerry Lewis' firing from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Movie Credits

The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story

The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story‌
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calendar 2023

The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976

The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976‌
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calendar 1976

The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten

The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten‌
star8.5
calendar 1990

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born‌
star6.0
calendar 1976

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story‌
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calendar 1982

Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.

Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.‌
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calendar 2023

That's My Boy

That's My Boy‌
star5.8
calendar 2012

Sandy Wexler

Sandy Wexler‌
star5.5
calendar 2017

300 Miles for Stephanie

300 Miles for Stephanie‌
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calendar 1981

Tony Orlando & Dawn: The Ultimate Collection

Tony Orlando & Dawn: The Ultimate Collection‌
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calendar 2005

Waking Up in Reno

Waking Up in Reno‌
star5.0
calendar 2002

Lynda Carter: Street Life

Lynda Carter: Street Life‌
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calendar 1982

Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot

Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot‌
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calendar 2024

Tv Credits

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1984

Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man‌
star5.8
calendar 1974

Las Vegas

Las Vegas‌
star7.0
calendar 2003

MADtv

MADtv‌
star6.9
calendar 1995

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

Tony Orlando and Dawn

Tony Orlando and Dawn‌
star3.5
calendar 1974

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

Oswald

Oswald‌
star6.9
calendar 2001

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
star5.1
calendar 1961

Dinah!

Dinah!‌
star6.5
calendar 1974

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
star5.1
calendar 1961

Dice

Dice‌
star6.5
calendar 2016