Captain & Tennille

Songwriter: Jerry Reed

Producer: Captain & Tennille

Sweet love is so fine
And when you find it
Brother, You better mind it
Like it was pure gold

You better be there when
This girl needs-a-carin'
'Cause if you don't mind your love
Someday that love will grow cold

'Cause love is like a flower
You can't break or bend it
You gotta love it and tend it
Everyday

If you're gonna keep it growin'
Keep your love light glowin'
'Cause if you don't mind your love
That love might just fade away

A-just lovin' you
Is all I wanna do
And I'll always be
I'll be right there if you ever need me

Because love is like a b-a-by
It needs all your affection
All your love and protection
All the time

Everyday, Everyday I'm gonna live love
Every night, Every night, I'm gonna give love
Honey, I'm gonna mind your love
'Cause baby, your love's so fine

A-just lovin' you
Is all I wanna do
And I'll always be
I'll be right there if you ever need me

Because love is like a b-a-by
It needs all your affection
All your love and protection
All the time

Everyday, Everyday I'm gonna live love
Every night, Every night, I'm gonna give love
Honey, I'm gonna mind your love
'Cause baby, your love's so fine

Everyday, Everyday I'm gonna live love
Every night, Every night, I'm gonna give love
Honey, I'm gonna mind your love
'Cause baby, your love's so fine

Whoa!

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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Song of Joy (1976)

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