Daryl Dragon
| Daryl Dragon | |
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Dragon with wife Toni Tennille, 1976.
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| Birth name | Daryl Frank Dragon |
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August 27, 1942 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1959–2013 |
| Labels | A&M, Casablanca |
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Daryl Frank Dragon (born August 27, 1942) is a retired American musician and songwriter, known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille, with his former wife, Toni Tennille.
Dragon was born into a musical family, and is the son of conductor, composer, and arranger, Carmen Dragon, and the elder brother of Dennis Dragon, a member of the 1960s pop combo The Dragons (which included Doug Dragon) and the 1980s surf band, the Surf Punks. His godfather was actor and comedian Danny Thomas.
Dragon's familiar image and stage name came from his time as a keyboard player with The Beach Boys in the early 1970s. Beach Boys lead singer Mike Love gave him the nickname "Captain", and it stuck; Dragon began the tradition of wearing a nautical captain's hat to go along with the name. As Captain in Captain & Tennille, Dragon was frequently silent and a man of very few words, playing a foil to his outgoing, vivacious wife, Toni Tennille.
In 1962, Dragon became a member of the band Charles Wright & the Wright Sounds, a group which included future Watts Band member John Raynford. On double LP "The Visit" by Bob Smith, released in 1970, Dragon is credited as Captain Keyboard. Dragon also made significant contributions with keyboarding and musical scoring on the Beach Boys' 1972 release Carl and the Passions – "So Tough". He co-wrote the track "Cuddle Up" with Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson. Dragon's orchestrations on the tracks "Make It Good" and "Cuddle Up" translated the melodic ideas that Dennis Wilson was seeking. He also arranged the coda on "Don't Go Near The Water" from The Beach Boys' 1971 release Surf's Up.
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