Born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis to a Greek father and a Puerto Rican mother, he was raised in Manhattan’s then-notorious Hell’s Kitchen.
Tony Orlando’s musical career started with The Five Gents, a doo-wop group he formed. His first success came when he recorded the hits Bless You and Halfway To Paradise in 1961. After becoming general manager at Columbia Records, he was tempted back to a recording career when he was asked to record a demo record of Candida. The label liked the demo so much that Tony’s performance was released, under the band name Dawn (named after a record executive’s daughter). After Orlando discovered that there were six touring groups using that name, Dawn became Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (which changed to Tony Orlando and Dawn in 1974).
Joining Tony were Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, and the trio scored a string of #1 hits with Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, Knock Three Times, and He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You). With a successful recording career, Orlando then set his sights on television which resulted in his highly rated weekly variety series Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour on CBS. The popular and successful show ran for four seasons on CBS from 1974 to 1976.
Back when I was a kid collecting Marvel Comic books, one of my favorite devices emplyed by the comics company was for two heroes from different comics to meet and team up to battle a foe. Often, they would fight each other first before realizing that they should fight together against a common enemy.
Well, two of my real-life heroes met on the airwaves on The Michael Medved Show on May 27, 2009. Radio host Dennis Prager visited radio host Michael Medved for a great hour of discussion. No, they didn’t fight first, they got along nicely!
The great Thomas Sowell visits The Dennis Prager Show to discuss his new book, ‘The Housing Boom and Bust.’ More great insights from Dr. Sowell! Enjoy!
My all-time favorite Public Service Announcement from the early 1970s, though it aired on broadcast tv into the 1980s! A true classic, featuring my paisan, Iron Eyes Cody!
Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in China Says he was fed up with ‘selfish activity’ of man who suffered injuries in fall
Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.
Chen fell 26 feet (8 meters) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion laid out by authorities and survived, suffering spine and elbow injuries, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
The passer-by, 66-year-old Lai Jiansheng, had been fed up with what he called Chen’s “selfish activity,” Xinhua said. Traffic around the Haizhu bridge in the city of Guangzhou had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area.
“I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interest,” Lai was quoted as saying by Xinhua. “They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities’ attention to their appeals.”
Xinhua said Lai was “taken away by police” but did not elaborate.
Says he was fed up with ‘selfish activity’ of man who suffered injuries in fall
