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.

Фільмографія

• 2017Сенді Векслер — Testimonial
• 2012Мій пацан — Steve Spirou
• Лас-Вегас — Tony Orlando
• Oswald — Sammy Starfish (voice)
• 1990The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten — Christopher (voice)
• The Cosby Show — Tony Castillo
• 1982Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story — Jose Ferrer
• 1981300 Miles for Stephanie — Alberto Rodriguez, Executive Producer
• Chico and the Man — Tomas Garcia

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (16)

• 2025Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot — Self
• 2023Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr. — Self (archive footage)
• 2023The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story — Self
• Dice — Self
• 2005Tony Orlando & Dawn: The Ultimate Collection — Self
• 2002Waking Up in Reno — Self
• 1996A Christmas Card from Branson — Himself
• MADtv — Self
• 1982Lynda Carter: Street Life — Self
• Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters — Self
• 1976The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976 — Self
• 1976Зірка народилася — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• Tony Orlando and Dawn — Self
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host