Tony Orlando’s “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in 1973. The song became a cultural phenomenon, so much so that radio ...

We have to put a stop to this. The sentiments behind it are 100 percent valid, and the practice has been gaining momentum for years _ but it's not as if we're talking about a tradition that ...

Bart Herbison: People that weren't there don't remember the magnitude of "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree." It was truly a cultural phenomenon. The song was on charts forever.

Just outside my village is a grand ole oak tree and I have tied a yellow ribbon around it. I live in Alon Shvut, the “Oak of Return,” in the Judean Hills surrounded by lots of Arabs.

“Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” won’t go away. The same can be said for Tony Orlando. The veteran singer won’t slow down. Orlando, 79, continues to perform, including upcoming ...

Q: I read the Daily Press story on stores selling out of yellow ribbon and was wondering how this tradition of wearing yellow ribbons during war get started? — A.R., James CityA: The exact ...

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The tradition was inspired by a song in 1973 called Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree. ... It's just a much smaller version of yellow ribbons tied around oak trees." April 6, 2001.

Dressed in a sequin jacket and accompanied by back-up singers, he sang “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” in his hometown of Norwalk, California. Since then, he says he’s turned to ...

Spc. Racie Brookshier’s “adopted family” met her at Gowen field. They got reacquainted as a boom box played “tie a yellow ribbon ’round the old oak tree” on a truck driven by a VFW ...