They need to be already in the hall of fame...the best

Posted by Pat Fields on Sunday, 04/30/2023 @ 19:59pm

Tie the yellow ribbon then knock three time on the ceiling when completed. Lol

Posted by RAYMOND BENITEZ on Monday, 10/2/2023 @ 21:01pm

Should definitely be in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame such Great accomplishments and working with many of the best artists in history.

Posted by Jim on Thursday, 12/28/2023 @ 01:05am

Tony Orlando might get in with the AME for his role as a hitmaker since 1961. He first charted way back in that year and also gave Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil their first hit in the early 60s with 'Bless You'. He then became a powerful music industry executive, producer, and writer in the late 1960s, where he signed, co-wrote with, and produced Barry Manilow (under the name "Featherbed"), and also worked with other artists, such as The Yardbirds James Taylor, Grateful Dead, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Laura Nyro. In late 1969, he moonlighted under the pseudonym Dawn at first and rose to superstardom in the USA and other countries with Candida in 1970 and other number one hits and a hit network TV show as Tony Orlando and Dawn in the decade of the 1970s. He has since maintained a presence as a headliner in Las Vegas and other major concert venues. Further, his Tie A Yellow Ribbon, with its meteoric rise to become one of the biggest chart-topoing pop rock singles of that decade has been used as a tribute to troops retirning home from battle ever since.

Posted by Rob Donison on Friday, 04/5/2024 @ 12:21pm

Further to my last comment supporting the notion of Tony Orlando getting in as and AME recipient as a pop rock hitmaker since 1971 and power music industry executive and producer, I believe it is also possible for him to get in as the lead of Tony Orlando And Dawn, who topoed the charts with some of the biggest pop rock hits of the 70s and also had a breakthrough, hit TV show of that decade. Few other pop rock acts had that kind of stardom, and Tony has remained a star for 54 years (as of 2024) and a performer of note for 63 years (as of 2024).

Posted by Rob Donison on Friday, 04/5/2024 @ 12:28pm

They were very big for a bit in the mid 70s. Even had their own TV show. The TV show thing is big, IMO. Of course, Dionne Warwick had her own show and she can't get in and was a much bigger star than Tony Orlando and Dawn.

To me, they are close but no cigar. I wouldn't be sad if they did get in. They do have a legitimate case.

Posted by paul i on Saturday, 04/6/2024 @ 09:31am