Who is toni tennille married to now
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Captain & Tennille
American pop rock duo
Captain & Tennille were an American recording duo whose primary success occurred in the 1970s.[1][2] The husband-and-wife team were "Captain" Daryl Dragon (1942–2019) and Toni Tennille (born 1940). They have five albums certified gold or platinum and scored numerous hits on the US singles charts, the most enduring of which included "Love Will Keep Us Together", "Do That to Me One More Time", and "Muskrat Love". They hosted their own television variety series on ABC in 1976–77.
History
Background and early collaboration
In 1972, Toni Tennille was the co-writer of an ecology-themed musical, Mother Earth. At that time, Daryl Dragon (son of composer Carmen Dragon) played keyboards as a member of the Beach Boys, where he got his stage name "Captain Keyboard" because he wore a ship captain's hat while performing.[3] When Tennille's show was preparing to move from San Francisco's Marines Memorial Theatre to Southern California's South Coast Repertory, a call was put out for a replac
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Toni Tennille
Not to be confused with Tenille Townes or Tenille Arts.
American singer
Musical artist
Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille[1] (born May 8, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. A contralto, she is best known as one-half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille with her former husband Daryl Dragon; their signature song is "Love Will Keep Us Together".[2][3] Tennille also performed musical work independently of Dragon, including solo albums and session work.
Early life
Tennille was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, and has three younger sisters.[4]: 2 Her father Frank owned a furniture store and also served in the Alabama Legislature from 1951 to 1954.[4]: 2 He had been a singer with Bob Crosby's Bob-Cats. For five years, her mother, also named Cathryn (née Wright), hosted a daily television show in Montgomery.[1][5][6]
Tennille graduated from Sidney Lanier High School and then for two years attended Auburn
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Captain & Tennille: Married ’70s Hitmakers
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by Best Classic Bands StaffThere was a time in the ’70s when the Captain & Tennille were an ubiquitous presence on Top 40 radio. The married couple scored with such hits as the #1 singles “Love Will Keep Us Together” (1975) and “Do That To Me One More Time” (1979), as well as the top 10 hits “The Way I Want to Touch You” (1975), “Lonely Night (Angel Face),” “Shop Around” and “Muskrat Love” (all 1976), and “You Never Done It Like That” (1978). They also earned two top 10 albums, Love Will Keep Us Together, which reached #2 in 1975, and Song of Joy in 1976.
Daryl Frank Dragon, the “Captain” of the husband-and-wife duo, was born in Los Angeles on Aug. 27, 1942. His father, Carmen Dragon, was a respected conductor, arranger and composer. Daryl’s “Captain” nickname was given to him by the Beach Boys’ Mike Love during Dragon’s stint as a keyboardist for the band (1967-72). Dragon was rarely seen publicly without his captain’s cap henceforth.
His musical career began in the early 1
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