

^ a b "National Top 100 Singles for 1976".^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada".It was their third of fourteen hit singles.īillboard praised the "tight instrumentals." Chart performance It hit the pole position on April 17, 1976, and stayed atop the chart for two weeks before bowing out to " Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. In Canada the song went to number 1 on the RPM National Top Singles Chart. The song became a Gold record, and Sedaka's biggest hit as a lyricist (aside from this and " That's When the Music Takes Me," Sedaka had generally only written the music to his songs, with Howard Greenfield-from whom Sedaka was estranged at the time-or Phil Cody writing the lyrics). On the Cashbox chart, it also reached number 1. It rose to number 3 on the Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart in March 1976. Their version of "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" first hit the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on January 24, 1976, entering at number 69. In 1976, "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" was a hit single for Captain & Tennille, who had recorded another Sedaka song " Love Will Keep Us Together" a year earlier. The following year the song was made popular when covered by the pop music duo Captain & Tennille, who took their version to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was first recorded by Sedaka and appeared as a track on his 1975 studio album, The Hungry Years. I recommend this DVD to any C&T fan." Lonely Night (Angel Face)" is a song written by Neil Sedaka. There are some individual music videos along with a dance rehearsal among the extras. Hopefully those issues can be resolved and a Volume 2 can be released sometime in the future. I believe they ran into rights problems on the shows which weren't included. Dragon, whose ever-present captain's hat left no. I would guess about half the shows broadcast are included. (CNN) Daryl Dragon, one half of popular '70s duo The Captain & Tennille, died Wednesday, according to his publicist Harlan Boll. I wish every variety show released would show the same respect for the format. Whatever the truth may be, I'm very appreciative of the efforts made by the production company. I've been unable to verify whether the net information is inaccurate or if the musical performances have been edited into the shows on the DVD. But Daryl Dragon and Cathryn 'Toni' Tennille, the couple better known as singing duo Captain & Tennille, are getting a divorce after more than 39 years of marriage.

I've noticed a few inconsistencies between what is on the DVD and program information I've found on the net. Expert Answers: More commonly known as the Captain, Dragon was a member of the Beach Boys from 1967 to 1972 before forming a duo with Tennille in 1974. The husband-and-wife team were 'Captain' Daryl Dragon (Aug January 2, 2019) and Toni Tennille (born May 8, 1940). I suspect that some musical numbers on the DVD may have been edited into shows in which they did not originally appear but have been unable to verify that suspicion. Captain & Tennille were American recording artists whose primary success occurred in the 1970s. The musical and dance numbers are included with the skits just as they were when first broadcast. Unlike most variety show releases these shows have not been hacked to bits. The Captain and Tennille have released a very good 3 DVD package with minimal editing.
