Ray Stevens: Tony Orlando sings "Knock Three Times"...

Hello all!! Earlier today Ray Stevens uploaded a performance of "Knock Three Times" by Tony Orlando given it's Tony's birthday today. Prior to the performance Tony speaks of his interactions with Ray in the early '60s and tells a story about Ray wanting to sleep on the luggage rack of the bus they were in since he got tired of sleeping in a chair and what happened when the bus came upon a steep hill. The full episode is part of the syndicated package of Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville which airs in local television markets on PBS stations nationwide. Tony often credits Ray for the success he had in Branson, Missouri. In 1993 Tony opened what he called The Yellow Ribbon Music Theater and he owned and operated the venue, and performed there, for 20 years until 2013. The irony being that Tony's Branson debut came the year Ray closed down his own theater. Ray opened his theater in the summer of 1991 and performed there until the fall of 1993. Afterward he loaned it out to a production staff who put together a show called Country Tonite which remained in production at Ray's theater for 10 years. Tony's theater opened up in July of 1993 and remained in business until he closed it down in 2013. Ray, however, returned to his theater for two additional seasons (2005 and 2006) after production of Country Tonite came to an end...but Ray would eventually sell the property to RFD-TV in 2007 and they remained owners of the property for nearly 10 years. As you can see in the video still Tony has just said something that Ray finds hilarious.