The Secret of Christmas

Performer: Captain & Tennille
Engineer: Daryl Dragon; Don Murray; Ross Hogarth
Producer: Daryl Dragon; Toni Tennille
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Personnel: Toni Tennille (piano, keyboards, background vocals); Daryl Dragon (keyboards). Audio Mixers: Don Murray ; Ross Hogarth. Recording information: UNIT-A Recording Studio, Palm Springs, CA. Author: Toni Tennille. Photographer: Harry Langdon. Arrangers: Daryl Dragon; Toni Tennille. On their first studio recording since 1982's More Than Dancing, Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille make good on a longtime promise to fans with a collection of holiday cuts that's every bit as kitschy, playful, and harmless as the bulk of the music from their mid-'70s heydays. The 14-track Secret of Christmas finds Captain & Tennille in good form, lending their well-honed soft rock style to yuletide classics like "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Here Comes Santa Claus," and "Silent Night," but it's Toni's four self-penned offerings that make this Secret so sticky sweet. "Tahoe Snow," "Christmas in California," "Boogie Baby Christmas," and "The Christmas Star" sound exactly like the titles would suggest. They're alternately goofy, sentimental, and reverent, which is more than can be said for most holiday offerings, and while her voice may lack the presence that made "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "Muskrat Love" so instantly infectious, it's impossible not to smile along with her. ~ James Christopher Monger

Perhaps no other song embodies the breezy, carefree sound of 1970s pop better than Captain & Tennille's smash hit "Love Will Keep Us Together." Both Daryl "Captain" Dragon and wife Toni Tennille were veterans of the music industry when they hooked-up in the early '70s. In 1975 the duo scored their first number one with the aforementioned confection (written by Brill Building vet and soft-rock kingpin Neil Sedaka), which also won a Grammy for Record of the Year. Captain & Tennille recorded several other hits during the decade, and in 1979 they reached the top of the charts again with "Do That To Me One More Time." Tennille embarked on a solo career in the '80s and into the '90s, but the duo reunited in 1995 for the album TWENTY YEARS OF ROMANCE.

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