Toni Tennille's Birthday 2020
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They had a variety musical show I used to watch frequently back in the days of my early adulthood until about that time I entered the Navy and my musical tastes took a radical change.
Over the years I would read various items about them and their public persona being that as a couple hid the underly trouble which consumed their marriage.
The Captain was Daryl Dragon who Tenille married on November 11, 1975 allegedly in the name of tax benefits. I didn't get the impression that theirs was a happy union and this was confirmed in Tennille's biography.
Nonetheless they remained close after their divorce and through the time of Mr Dragon's death from kidney failure in early January of last year.
Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille was born May 8, 1940 and is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one-half of this 1970s duo Captain & Tennille alongside her former husband Daryl Dragon.
Their hallmark musical number is "Love Will Keep Us Together".
Tennille has also done other musical gigs independently of her husband, including various sessions and solo projects.
Today is her birthday. She is a pillar of my young adult years. I have great respect for her as a performer and person and I hope she enjoys many more celebrations of her birthday.
Happy birthday to you !