Captain & Tennille

Songwriter: Toni Tennille Daryl Dragon

[Verse 1]
I wanna hear me some boogie played
Like I heard in 1954
I wanna hear me some boogie played
Like I heard in 1954
You know the way that Fats played the boogie
Whoa, you just don't hear that anymore

[Verse 2]
Yeah, I was just a little thing
When I heard it on the radio
(Heard it, heard it on the radio)
Yeah, I was just a little thing
When I heard it on the radio
(Heard it, heard it on the radio)
Jerry Lee and Little Richard
Whoa, you just don't hear that anymore

[Bridge]
It was a-romping, stomping, finger-popping
Good-time music for my soul, whoa, oh!
And when the drums were talking
And the bass went walking
That started it, whoa, rock and roll
(Whoa, rock and roll, rock and roll) Oh!

[Verse 3]
(Yeah) I wanna hear me some boogie played
Like I heard in 1954
(Heard it, heard it like I did before)
I wanna hear my Captain play some boogie, now
Like I heard in 1954
(Heard it, heard it like I did before)
You know the way my Captain plays the boogie
Whoa, you just don't hear that anymore
Let me hear you talk to me, Jim Horn

[Interlude]
(Yes, I heard it, heard it on the radio)
(Yes, I heard it, heard it like I did before)

[Bridge]
It was a-romping, stomping, finger-popping
Good-time music for my soul, whoa, oh!
And when the drums were talking
And the bass went walking
That started it, whoa, rock and roll
(Whoa, rock and roll, rock and roll) Oh-oh

[Verse 4]
I wanna hear me some boogie played
Like I heard in 1954
I wanna hear my Captain play some boogie, now
Like I heard in 1954
You know the way my Captain plays the boogie
Whoa, oh, you just don't hear that anymore

[Outro]
Whoa, oh
Ooh!
Oh, oh, oh

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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