Captain & Tennille

Well hello there good old friend of mine
You've been reaching for yourself for such a long, long time
There's so much to say, no need to explain
Just an open door for you to come in from the rain

It's a long, long road when you're all alone
And a man like you will always choose the long way home
There's no right or wrong, I'm not here to blame
I just wanna be the one who keeps you from the rain
From the rain

And it looks like sunny skies
Now that i know you're alright
Time has left us older, and wiser
I know I am

And it's good to know my best friend has come home again
Cause I think of us like an old cliche
But it doesn't matter cause I love you anyway
Come in from the rain

And it looks like sunny skies
Now that i know you're alright
Time has left us older, and wiser
I know I am

Cause I think of us like an old cliche
But it doesn't matter cause I love you anyway
Come in from the rain, come in from the rain

In 1972, Toni Tennille was a co-writer of the musical Mother Earth. Daryl “Captain Keyboard” Dragon, who got his nickname while touring with the Beach Boys from his signature skipper’s cap, took a job as the keyboardist for Mother Earth and the two hit it off romantically and musically, forming a nightclub act that charged $70 a night.

When two radio DJs urged the duo to record their cover of the Beach Boys song “Disney Girls” in 1974, they also recorded an original song “The Way I Want to Touch You” which attracted interest from several record labels. A&M Records, home to the platinum-selling male/female duo The Carpenters who had scored ten top 5 hits in the US from 1970-1974, signed them.

Captain & Tennille’s 1975 debut album featured seven originals, three Beach Boys covers and – at the suggestion of A&M’s A&R man – a cover of Neil Sedaka’s “Love Will Keep Us Together”. The latter was released as their first single and found massive success in North America. It reached #1 in the US & Canada, won a Grammy for Record Of The Year, and was the biggest song of of the year in the US. Even their Spanish version of the song “Por Amor Viviremos” reached #49 in the US. A&M followed it up with “The Way I Want to Touch You” and it reached #4 in both the US and Canada. Both songs also found success in New Zealand and the UK. The two married in November 1975.

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