Love Won't Keep Them Together — Captain & Tennille Are Divorcing!
Say it ain't so muskrat lovers!
Cathryn ("Toni") Tennille, 73, one half of famous '70s musical act Captain & Tennille, filed for divorce from her husband, Daryl Dragon, 71, after 39 years of marriage.
Yahoo Music spoke with the Yavapai County courthouse on Wednesday, which confirmed the filing in Prescott, Arizona, on Jan. 16. They have no children together.
The husband-and-wife duo were the force behind such original hits and cover songs that included "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Muskrat Love," "Do That to Me One More Time," "Lonely Night (Angel Face)," and "Shop Around."
The Captain was originally a keyboardist for the Beach Boys — with Toni later joining him on tour — before they launched their own act in 1974 after being discovered by Neil Sedaka performing at the Smokehouse restaurant in Burbank, California. They won the Record of the Year Grammy in 1975 for "Love Will Keep Us Together," and went on to host a variety series on ABC from 1976-1977.
TMZ spoke with Daryl, who said that he was blind-sided by the filing. "I don't know why she filed," he said. "I gotta figure it out for myself first."
Cathryn ("Toni") Tennille, 73, one half of famous '70s musical act Captain & Tennille, filed for divorce from her husband, Daryl Dragon, 71, after 39 years of marriage.
Yahoo Music spoke with the Yavapai County courthouse on Wednesday, which confirmed the filing in Prescott, Arizona, on Jan. 16. They have no children together.
The husband-and-wife duo were the force behind such original hits and cover songs that included "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Muskrat Love," "Do That to Me One More Time," "Lonely Night (Angel Face)," and "Shop Around."
The Captain was originally a keyboardist for the Beach Boys — with Toni later joining him on tour — before they launched their own act in 1974 after being discovered by Neil Sedaka performing at the Smokehouse restaurant in Burbank, California. They won the Record of the Year Grammy in 1975 for "Love Will Keep Us Together," and went on to host a variety series on ABC from 1976-1977.
TMZ spoke with Daryl, who said that he was blind-sided by the filing. "I don't know why she filed," he said. "I gotta figure it out for myself first."
In 2010, Toni wrote on her blog, "Toni's Take," that her husband was suffering from a neurological disorder. "Daryl told me this morning that he is not up to performing the three C&T songs I had hoped he could do," she wrote. "Many of you know he is dealing with a neurological condition (not Parkinsons, but something similar) that causes him to have tremors...pretty severe at times.... that interfere with his ability to play keyboards. Some days he does pretty well.... other days his playing is severely compromised. His condition is exascerbated (sic) by any kind of stress, and worrying about his ability to play has made his condition worse."
A section of the divorce documents (which Yahoo Music has not yet seen) reportedly has a distinct passage about health care coverage, and could give more insight as to the reasons behind the divorce.
The official fan operated Captain and Tennille website was updated on Wednesday with the following note from the site's Webmaster: "Everything relating to THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE appeared to the public as them being the ideal model for a "rock-solid' married pair. But almost all people naturally evolve over time, & sometimes hidden feelings start to be uncovered when one may read, just a little more into (the popularized, substitute heading appearing just below), stating, for instance: `'MUSIC HAS KEPT THEM TOGETHER."
A section of the divorce documents (which Yahoo Music has not yet seen) reportedly has a distinct passage about health care coverage, and could give more insight as to the reasons behind the divorce.
The official fan operated Captain and Tennille website was updated on Wednesday with the following note from the site's Webmaster: "Everything relating to THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE appeared to the public as them being the ideal model for a "rock-solid' married pair. But almost all people naturally evolve over time, & sometimes hidden feelings start to be uncovered when one may read, just a little more into (the popularized, substitute heading appearing just below), stating, for instance: `'MUSIC HAS KEPT THEM TOGETHER."
Here are a few of their more popular songs, for a trip down memory lane:
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