Knock Three Times

“Knock Three Times” is a popular song credited to Tony Orlando and Dawn. The actual singers were Tony Orlando, Toni Wine, and Linda November, prior to the creation of “Dawn” with Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson. The song was released as a single in November 1970, paired with Orlando’s other hit song, “Candida” (also written by Toni Wine). The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1971 and eventually sold nine million copies, also claiming the number-one spot on the UK Singles Chart. Continue reading

Kiss Me Goodbye

“Kiss Me Goodbye” is a Les Reed/Barry Mason composition recorded in 1968 by Petula Clark. After recording the Reed/Mason composition “The Last Waltz” for her 1967 album The Other Man’s Grass Is Always Greener Clark had rendered that song as “La derniere valse” for release in France to serve as the follow-up to her #1 hit “C’est Ma Chanson.” Continue reading

Just walking in the rain

“Just Walkin’ in the Rain” is a popular song. It was written in 1952 by Johnny Bragg and Robert Riley, two prisoners at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, after a comment made by Bragg as the pair crossed the courtyard while it was raining. Bragg allegedly said, “Here we are just walking in the rain, and wondering what the girls are doing.” Riley suggested that this would make a good basis for a song, and within a few minutes, Bragg had composed two verses. However, because Bragg was unable to read and write, he asked Riley to write the lyrics down in exchange for being credited as one of the song’s writers. Continue reading