Jim Forbes credited as playing...
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- Narrator: To fans and colleagues alike, Orlando was the cosumate performer.
- Bill Cosby: Tony's talent is fantastic.
- Narrator: He was charming and charismatic. Audiences adored Tony Orlando.
- Narrator: While Tie Yellow Ribbon went on to be Tony's biggest hit, you won't hear it in this program. the song's publishers denied Behind the Music's request to license it for broadcast.
- Tony Orlando: It is a frustrating thing, the law says that the publisher has the right to license the song, which means that here I've had this song identified with me now for 25 years. And I'll be stopped from singing it on this show.
- Narrator: The publishers say they currently do not issue any licenses to productions which involved Tony Orlando.
- Narrator: According to Tony, he upset them in 1993 , when he opened a concert hall in Branson, Missouri called the Yellow Ribbon Theater. Tony believes that the publishers are offended because they did not share in the profits from the theater. The publishers say, the could not comment because the matter is presently in dispute.
- Tony Orlando: It confuse me. I don't understand it. it cheats the public, it cheats the song.