Candida

Dawn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B000002ZAS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #392,108 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Candida

2. Up On The Roof

3. Country

4. Look At

5. Rainy Day Man

6. What Are You Doing Sunday

7. Knock Three Times

8. Carolina In My Mind

9. Let's Run Away Girl

10. The Love In Your Eyes

11. Perhaps The Joy Of Giving

12. Home

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

ne of the 1970’s most beloved and best-selling pop music acts, Tony Orlando & Dawn not only enjoyed tremendous record sales, but also achieved some very impressive marks in music history:

• 3 number 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100

• 14 Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100

• 1973 single of the year for Tie a Yellow Ribbon

• 5 Top 40 albums on the Billboard Top 200

• Billboard top groups of the 1970’s: # 6

• Billboard top overall artists of the 1970’s: # 16

• Billboard top 500 artists of all-time: # 106

• Two American Music Awards

• One Grammy nomination --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

This 1970 debut album is where it all began and features the hit title track "Candida," plus the # 1 smash "Knock Three Times." Originally credited as simply DAWN, this CD version contains all 12 original songs plus 9 bonus tracks – many from their second album DAWN featuring TONY ORLANDO. 21 songs in all! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knock Three Times For Your Dinner, October 12, 2005

By 

lynette e grim (PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Candida (Audio CD)

Before this LP was released Tony Orlando was working for as Vice President and General Manager of April-Blackwood.Producer and freind Hank Medress asked Tony to sing on a demo.Tony relented at first because he thought it would hamper his day time job.Tony relented at first because he did not want his named used. The song"Candida" was used under the name Dawn after Jay Siegels daughter Stacy Dawn.This song quickly rose to number#3 on the Billboard charts in September of 1970.Then "Knock Three Times" came along and it was even a bigger hit then "Candida". This song went all the way to number#1 in January of 1971. The only problem there was no real Dawn and Tony set out to find some backup singers and came along Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson who came from Deteroit(they are cousins) and the rest is history. The group then became Dawn featuring Tony Orlando.Tony does some great vocals with Telma and Joyce on the songs" The Love in Your Eyes,""Carmen",I Didn't Mean To Love You So Good Junaita", The Good Life"," I Get Ideas","Summer Sand","Play and Sing"," Home"," Rainy Day Man"," Sweet Soft Sounds Of Love","In The Park"," Up On The Roof","What Are You Doing Sunday","Carolina On My Mind"," Get Out From Where You Are",Perhaps The Joy of Giving", and "Country".This is a must have for any Tony Orlando and Dawn fan.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars candida, December 20, 2008

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Donald R. Bisig - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Candida (Audio CD)

This is a great CD, I have been looking for the song "Home" It was the flip side of the 45 redord of "Knock three times" which I got in 1971. Both are on this CD with other great songs..

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where's the Lp Version?, February 23, 2007

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Jonathan Schult "Musicman" (Mass. Park, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Candida (Audio CD)

I have been a fan of Dawn/Tony Orlando & Dawn since the first 45, "Candida" came out in July 1970. All of the original 45s were issued by Bell Records in mono. When the "Candida" album came out, two things were obvious: that the songs sound so much better in stereo, their arranger Norman Berger created arrangements to absolutely die for. But the versions of the hits on this album were oh so slightly different from the mono 45s. The version of "Candida" has a backing vocal flourish over the lines "you know I'm tryin' hard to win me first prize" before the final refrain (occurs at about 2:30 into the song) that wasn't on the 45. The version of "Knock Three Times" has French horns after the third and fourth lines of the second verse (and after the lines directly after the instrumental passage toward the end) that also weren't on the 45. The Razor and Tie CD has the LP version of "Knock Three Times", which has become the common version on all CD reissues. But it doesn't have the Lp version of "Candida"; it has the single mixed into stereo, which has also become the common reissue version. The LP version of "Candida" also wasn't on the R2/Sony BMG reissues that came out in 2005. So where is the Lp Version of "Candida"? There is a CD on the Remember label from Portugal (issued in 1995) that is commonly available which has this version. There is also a rare BMG/Ariola CD from Germany that was issued in 1989 that has the original LP version of "Candida". Imagine my surprise to hear that local oldies station B-103 on Long Island actually plays this version!! But on US reissues/compilations, it seems to have vanished. More's the pity, as I feel this version adds something more to the song. But that shouldn't stop you from enjoying this CD, it includes a lot of James Taylor covers because when Tony Orlando informed his boss, Clive Davis, at April/Blackwood music of the fact that he was the lead vocalist of the group, Clive told him he could do it as long as he used some of their copyrights on the Lp. I also enjoy the B-sides of the singles, "Look At..." and "Home", ("Home" ALSO has a slightly different version on the mono 45, but we won't address that here and now). I personally would like to see a reissue of the "Candida" album with all of these versions included as bonus cuts. Are you listening, SONY BMG? Probably not, since record companies suck, and it's the almighty dollar which is important to them (probably the reason they're going down the tubes, anyway!!!).