Irwin Levine

Irwin Levine (Born: Mar 23, 1938 in Newark, NJ; Died: Jan 21, 1997 in Livingston, NJ) a writer of the hit song ''Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree".

Mr. Levine, who was born in Newark, was honored by the Smithsonian Institution for the song, which he wrote with [a=L. Russell Brown].

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505820/
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/27/arts/irwin-levine-58-wrote-yellow-ribbon.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_written_by_Irwin_Levine
https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/3902