tie a yellow ribbon (released as tuneweaving in the us) is the third album by american popular music group dawn (michael anthony orlando cassavitas, telma hopkins & joyce vincent wilson) released in 1973 by bell records. the title track reached #1 in both the us and uk charts. in terms of sales, this single was the most successful in the group's career, starting a string of seven consecutive hot 100 appearances. another track from this album, “you’re a lady” by english singer/songwriter peter skellern, reached #70 in the us charts. the group changed their name to "tony orlando and dawn" later in 1973