Toni Braxton

Their second son Diezel Ky was born in 2003.
. She and her husband, Keri Lewis, also had their first child, a son Denim Cole Braxton-Lewis, that same year. On the TV show MXC, the character "Captain Tenneal" is a spoof of the name of their act. Braxton has also appeared on Broadway in two Disney shows, "Beauty & the Beast" and "Aida". Tennille has also worked as a session singer (most frequently partnered with Beach Boy Bruce Johnston), performing backup on no less than three Elton John albums including "Caribou," "Blue Moves," and "21 At 33" (some vocally arranged by Dragon) and most notably (and prominently) on the classic "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me." She also appeared as a backup vocalist on tracks by Art Garfunkel and The Beach Boys, as well as Pink Floyd for whom she performed backing tracks on The Wall album. In 2001, Braxton made her acting debut in the film Kingdom Come. Dragon's father was the legendary conductor, Carmen Dragon.

Her recent albums; The Heat in 2000, Snowflakes, a 2001 Christmas themed album, and More Than A Woman in 2002, while successful, have not matched the phenomenal sales of her earlier work. Her mother was a talk show hostess in Montgomery, Alabama. Braxton's career suffered a major downturn in 1998 when she declared bankruptcy following a legal dispute with her record company. Tennille's father was singer Clark Randall (aka Frank Tennille), a member of the legendary Bob Crosby's Bobcats. Braxton's second album, Secrets (including her 'signature ballad' Un-Break My Heart written by Diane Warren), was released in 1996 and was another major success, leading to Braxton winning the 1997 Billboard Award for Female R&B Artist of the Year. Additional trivia:. The album was a critical and popular success and Braxton won a Grammy as Best New Artist. The couple still reside in Northern Nevada where Tennille was appointed "Ambassador For The Arts" by the governor of the state.

This single attracted the attention of producer Antonio "L.A." Reid which led to Braxton performing for the soundtrack of the movie Boomerang in 1992 and releasing her first album, Toni Braxton in 1993. Not available on commercial websites, the double-CD, "An Intimate Evening with Toni Tennille," can be acquired solely through the Reno Chamber Orchestra website, http://renochamberorchestra.org. She and her four sisters (Traci, Trina, Towanda and Tamar) performing as "The Braxtons", released their first single The Good Life in 1990. This was the first time they had publicly performed as Captain & Tennille in many years and, as a result, a live recording (their first) was released to commemorate the event. Braxton attended Bowie State University to obtain a teaching degree but decided to pursue a musical career. In November 2003, Tennille performed a benefit concert for the Reno Chamber Orchestra where her surprise guest was none other than Dragon. Braxton's first performing experience was singing with a church choir. The latter contains what was originally their final album in 1982, "More Than Dancing," which at that time was released only in Australia, and is combined with selected tracks from their 1995 "20 Years Of Romance," originally on K-Tel (re-recordings of their songs and cover versions of others), as well as five tracks never-before-released on vinyl or CD.

Her father was a clergyman and the Braxton children were raised in a strict religious household. Nevertheless, Captain & Tennille's popularity remained evident in the release of their "Ultimate Collection: The Complete Hits" on Hip-O (a subsidiary of Universal Records) in 2001 and "More Than Dancing...Much More," a 2002 CD. She was born on October 7, 1967, in Severn, Maryland, the oldest of six children. She also enjoyed a year as the star of the Broadway tour of "Victor/Victoria." At the end of that project she and Dragon were to have embarked on a 25th anniversary tour; however, the stresses of the road proved too demanding and Captain & Tennille instead put an indefinite hold on their career as a performing duo. Toni Braxton is an American R&B singer. She released several albums and performed with orchestras throughout the country, which she still does to this day. "Hit The Freeway (Fte Loon)" (2003) #29 UK. At the same time throughout the '80s and '90s, Tennille enjoyed a 2nd career as a big band and pop standards singer, mimicking the success of pop colleague Linda Ronstadt.

"Christmas In Jamaica" (2002). One of their most legendary appearances occurred when they played a one-time-only date at The House Of Blues on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in 1995 as part of their 20th anniversary as an act. "Just Be A Man About It" (2000). They continued to perform various concert dates for years at venues around the world and, increasingly, in Lake Tahoe, which was close to where they lived in Northern Nevada. "Spanish Guitar" (2000) #2 US. They signed with CBS Records but, not being able to find a niche there, were released from their contract. "He Wasn't Man Enough For Me" (2000) #5 UK. Subsequent singles achieved only moderate success, and when Bogart died in 1982, the company went bankrupt, and the duo were left without a record company.

"How Could An Angel Break My Heart (Fte Kenny G)" (1997) #22 UK. Neil Bogart signed them to a contract with Casablanca Records and they reached number one with their first single "Do That To Me One More Time". "I Love Me Some Him" (1997). They also left A&M when it began to turn its attentions to the newly signed punk rock act Sex Pistols at the expense of acts such as Carpenters and themselves. "I Dont Want To" (1997) #9 UK. Such was their level of success that they were given their own television show, but they were not happy with its format and asked to be released from their contract. "Un-Break My Heart" (1996) #2 UK #1 US. Over the next few years they released a string of hit singles including "The Way I Want To Touch You", "Lonely Night (Angel Face)", "Shop Around", "Muskrat Love", and "You Never Done It Like That".

"You're Makin' Me High" (1996) #7 UK #1 US. In November of 1975, they got married. "Love Shoulda Bought You Home" #33 UK. They also received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for this recording, which also gave Sedaka his first Grammy. "You Mean The World To Me" (1994) #30 UK. Their first single, a cover version of Neil Sedaka's "Love Will Keep Us Together" spent four weeks at number one in the US in 1975 and became the top selling single of the year. "Another Sad Love Song" (1994 Re-issue) #15 UK. Their popularity as a musical duo reached unprecedented heights for The Smokehouse which, after Dragon & Tennille released a single on their own label (Butterscotch Castle Records) as Captain & Tennille, eventually led to a recording contract with A&M Records.

"Seven Whole Days" (1994). They soon discovered they made a great team on their own and began performing on a regular basis at The Smokehouse club in Encino, CA (Los Angeles), initially billed as The Dragons. "Breath Again" (1994) #2 UK #2 US. Tennille hired Dragon as a musician for the production after which, in turn, Dragon helped Tennille land a gig as a touring keyboardist with The Beach Boys. "Another Sad Love Song" (1993) #51 Uk. When they met in 1971 in San Francisco, Dragon had been performing for a few years as a keyboardist for The Beach Boys and Tennille was staging a musical she had written called "Mother Earth" at the Marines Memorial Theatre. Ultimate Toni Braxton (2003) #23 UK. The duo consists of "The Captain", Daryl Dragon (born August 27, 1942) and "Tennille", Toni Tennille (born May 8, 1943).

More Than A Woman (2002). The Captain & Tennille are a husband and wife US pop music duo who achieved success during the 1970s. The Heat (2000) #3 UK #2 US. Secrets (1996) #10 UK #2 US. Toni Braxton (1994) #4 UK #1 US.