The songs later appeared on a joint album in 1971 titled Me and My Brother (aided by another brother, Doug, who sang the vocals), which was released on CD in 2005. In 1968, Dragon and his brother Dennis formed a studio band called The Mission, which produced a one-off single on the small Bet Records label: "Calmilly"/"Galing Made It". He also played with The Yellow Balloon in 1967.ĭragon studied piano at San Fernando Valley State College from 1963–1966, dropping out to form a band with his brothers. In 1962, Dragon became a member of the band Charles Wright and the Wright Sounds, which included the future Watts Band member John Raynford. 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. Beach Boys lead singer Mike Love gave him the nickname "Captain Keyboard", and it stuck Dragon began wearing a nautical captain's hat to go along with the name. ĭragon's familiar image and stage name came from his time as a keyboard player with The Beach Boys from 1967 to 1972. It forced him to wear ever-present sunglasses. His godfather was actor and comedian Danny Thomas.ĭragon suffered from megalocornea, a condition which results in large eyeballs. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.īorn into a musical family, Dragon was the son of Eloise (Rawitzer) and conductor, composer, and arranger Carmen Dragon, and the elder brother of Dennis Dragon, a member of the 1960s pop combo The Dragons and the 1980s surf band the Surf Punks. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. This section relies largely or entirely on a single source. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart".^ 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. " Lonely Night (Angel Face)" is a song written by Neil Sedaka.
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