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person_profile-Tony Orlando

Tony Orlando Age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Tony Orlando

Date of Birth:

Apr 03, 1944

Country of birth:

Biography of

Tony Orlando

    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.

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Filmography of

Tony Orlando

Found 12 Movies in total

... 2024

Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Sandy Wexler

Testimonial ( Actor )

... 2017

That's My Boy

Steve Spirou ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2005

Waking Up in Reno

Self ( Actor )

... 2002

The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten

Christopher (voice) ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1982

... 1982

300 Miles for Stephanie

Alberto Rodriguez ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1981

A Star Is Born

Self ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1976