Crossing swooning, romantic lounge music with cheery, pop ballads, husband and
wife duo Captain and Tennille scored a string of US hits in the mid-1970s and
were renowned as wholesome family entertainers. Daryl Dragon started out in a
jazz trio with his two brothers and worked as a touring musician with The Beach
Boys in the '60s where he picked up the nickname Captain Keyboard because of his
fondness for wearing a sailor-style cap on stage. He was recruited by Cathryn
'Toni' Tennille, the daughter of a former swing band singer, to feature in a
musical show she had written, and h...