50 Years Later, The Meaning Behind “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”

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 stations were begging listeners to stop calling their stations. “You’re burning out the switchboard,” WKBW in Buffalo, New York said […]

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