Captain and Tennille - Song of Joy

Tomorrow (May 8th) marks the seventy-second birthday of Toni Tennille, the American pianist and singer with a contralto vocal range. She and her long-time musical partner Daryl “the Captain” Dragon have been married since 1975 and live in Prescott, Arizona.

Following their solid debut album Love Will Keep Us Together in 1975 (click here for that review), the musical duo starred in their own hour-long musical variety show on the ABC television network from September 1976 to March 1977. This coincided with their Platinum selling second album Song of Joy climbing the charts in 1976 (it went to number 9 on the US Billboard Hot 200 charts).

Captain and Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Saturday.

After meeting while working on a musical together and later touring with the Beach Boys, keyboardist Daryl “the Captain” Dragon and singer Toni Tennille discovered that they made beautiful music together. 1975 was a big year for them. First off their debut album Love Will Keep Us Together was released and then the two were wed (their thirty-five plus years and still going strong marriage is proof that the album title is true).