The Original That Became a Hit Because of a Remake.
Tony Orlando was a singer best know for his time with the group Dawn in the early 1970’s. He had a long career before that, having started with a doo-wop group when he was 15. He was hired by Don Kirshner to be one of the writers in the famous Brill Building. Orlando had two top 40 hits in 1961. By the late 1960’s, he was Vice President of a music publishing company.
In 1969, Orlando recorded a song called Make Believe as part of a studio group called Wind.
This is what they used as the B side.
