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Honey, Come Love MeCaptain & Tennille

Released: May 1, 1975

Songwriter: Toni Tennille Daryl Dragon

Honey, come love me
Don't get up so soon
Morning is breaking
But I can't forget the moon

Oh, what a love night
A love night we had
You were so gentle
You made me feel so glad

Honey, please
Let's don't get up
There's plenty of hours in the day
To do all the things that have to be done
Can't I convince you to stay?

I can't get over a magical night
I wanna keep it all
Through the morning light
I'll keep this night in my heart through the day
Happy in knowing another is on its way

Honey please, let's don't get up
There's plenty of hours in the day
To do all the things that have to be done
Can't I convince you to stay?

Honey, come love me
Don't get up so soon
Morning is breaking
But I can't forget the moon

Captain & Tennille

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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