Captain & Tennille

Songwriter: Ray Stevens John Pritchard Jr.

Oh, you can't stop dancin'
Just because the music's gone
You know you can't stop dancin'
Yeah, yeah

Just because
The band has packed it up and gone home
You know you can't stop dancin'
Just because the music's gone

Cause if you keep on dancin'
If you keep on dancin'
If you keep on dancin'
You're gonna turn the music back on

There's a rhythm in the universe
And the music is always there
But whenever life goes wrong
Sometimes it's so hard to hear just the same

We've got to move with the time
If you don't
You're gonna be left behind
Just remember that the beat goes on
Pretty soon
They're gonna play your song

And you can't stop dancin'
Just because the music's gone
You know you can't stop dancin'
Yeah, yeah

Just because
The band has packed it up and gone home
You know you can't stop dancin'
Just because the music's gone

Cause if you keep on dancin'
If you keep on dancin'
If you keep on dancin'
You're gonna turn the music back on

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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