<P> `` Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree '' is a song by Tony Orlando and Dawn . It was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell , with Motown / Stax backing vocalist Telma Hopkins , Joyce Vincent Wilson and her sister Pamela Vincent on backing vocals . It was a worldwide hit for the group in 1973 . </P>
who sings tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree
Tony Orlando and Dawn Motown / Stax backing vocalist Telma Hopkins Joyce Vincent Wilson Pamela Vincent