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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Toni Tennille| image = Captain and tennille 1976.jpg| alt = Captain & tennille| caption = Tennille with husband Daryl Dragon, 1976.| image_size = 200px| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Cathryn Antoinette Tennille| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1940|05|08| birth_place = Montgomery, Alabama , USA| origin =| death_date = | death_place =| genre =| occupation =| instrument =| years_active = | label =| associated_acts =| website =| notable_instruments = Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille (born May 8, 1940) is one-half of the 1970s Grammy Award -winning duet (music)|duo Captain & Tennille .cite web | url= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855120/bio | title=Biography for Toni Tennille | author=IMDB | date=2008-02-07 | publisher=The Internet Movie Database | accessdate=2008-02-07 Tennille has also done musical work independently of her husband Daryl Dragon . Tennille has a contralto vocal range. http://captainandtennille.net/ct_popup_newsgazette2.html Contralto, Toni Tennile.
Biography
Tennille was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama , as part of a family of entertainers. Her father, Frank Tennille, who used the pseudonym Clark Randall, was a big band singer with Bob Crosby and the Bobcats and her mother, Cathryn Tennille, was a local television pioneer, being the hostess of Montgomery’s first daytime TV talk show . Tennille's musical sisters, Jane, Louisa, and Melissa, all sang on her variety TV shows, as well as on the Captain & Tennille album s. Tennille began her career studying classical piano at Auburn University and singing with the university's big band, the Auburn Knights. Her sister, Louisa Tennille , is the background singer in Captain and Tennille|her band .
Tennille sang backing vocalist|backup vocals on Pink Floyd 's The Wall as well as Art Garfunkel 's Breakaway (Art Garfunkel album)|Breakaway . She also did backup singing for Elton John 's sound recording and reproduction|recordings : performing on at least three John albums, including Caribou (album)|Caribou , Blue Moves , 21 at 33 and most notably on the song, " Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me ".
On July 8, 1980 Tennille sang the national anthem at the Major League Baseball All-Star game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles .cite book|title=World's Strangest Baseball Stories|year=1993|publisher=Watermill Press|isbn=0-8167-2933-6|pages=42
Tennille is convert|5|ft|11|in|cm tall. She married her first husband Kenneth Shearer in June 1962 at the age of 22. After 10 difficult years, they divorced in late 1972. She then married Daryl Dragon on 11 November 1975; they now live in Prescott, Arizona .
Tennille concert tour|toured with The Beach Boys during the 1970s with Daryl Dragon , both playing keyboard instrument|keyboards for the group.
Education
Tennille graduated from Sidney Lanier High School and Auburn University in Alabama.
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External links
http://www.captainandtennille.net/ Official website
Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1970s Persondata | NAME = Tennille, Toni | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American singer | DATE OF BIRTH = May 8, 1940 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Montgomery, Alabama | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Tennille, Toni Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:American contraltos Category:American female singers Category:American keyboardists Category:American session musicians Category:People from Montgomery, Alabama Category:Musicians from Alabama Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Auburn University alumni Category:Songwriters from Alabama
