The Captain and Tennille bring wedded bliss to the pop charts with their first hit record
Toni Tennille and Daryl Dragon were not yet married when Love Will Keep Us Together rose up the charts to become the first of the duos two 1 hits.They made their arrangement legal however in November 1975 and went on to become the must successful husband-and-wife duo since the aforementioned Bonos notching seven top-10 singles in the subsequent five years including The Way I Want To Touch You You Never Done It Like That and Do That To Me One More Time.Between the titles of those hit songs their evident fondness for each other and their irresistible imageshe with the shiny hair and perfect teeth and he with a captains hat that spoke of limitless nautical possibilitiesthe Captain and Tennille made marriage look and sound kind of sexy of all things.
And far from being an act for the publics benefit their happy marriage is going strong more than three decades after their breakthrough.It is well worth taking note of the rarity of that accomplishment.Several other prominent pop groups in the last 50 years have consisted of or included married couplesABBA Fleetwood Mac the Mamas and the Papas and Ike and Tina Turner come to mind.Add to that list one more group the Starland Vocal Band (of Afternoon Delight fame) and youve got seven divorces out of seven marriages right there.
Along with Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorm and Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.the Captain and Tennille are in rare company for managing to combine the rigors of maintaining a happy marriage with the stresses of pop stardom which they achieved on this day in 1975.
