Captain & Tennille

Did you just come down from Heaven
Or am I up in Heaven with you tonight
I can't believe what I see
An angel sent here just for me
If you weren't Heaven sent
Heaven must be here on earth tonight
Is this ecstacy
Or is it just a dream?
You're so close to me
Are you what you seem
You seem like a shining light
Here to help me through the night
Glowing hard and open arms
Here to keep me safe and warm
Everything that's good and right
That is what you are to me tonight
Did you just come down from Heaven
Or am I up in Heaven with you tonight
I can't believe what I see
An angel sent here just for me
If you weren't Heaven sent
Heaven must be here on earth tonight
Cause, you seem like a shining light
Here to help me through the night
Glowing hard and open arms
Here to keep me safe and warm
Everything that's good and right
That is what you are to me tonight
Did you just come down from Heaven
Or am I up in Heaven with you tonight
I can't believe what I see
An angel sent here just for me
If you weren't Heaven sent
Heaven must be here on earth tonight
I can't believe what I see
An angel sent here just for me
If you weren't Heaven sent
Heaven must be here on earth tonight
Heaven must be here on earth tonight
Did you just, did you just come...
Did you just come down from Heaven
Am i up in heaven with you tonight
Did you just come down from Heaven
Did you just, did you just come down
Did you just come down from heaven
Am i up in heaven (fade)

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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