Toni Tennille

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Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille (b. 8 May 1940, Montgomery, Alabama) is one-half of the 1970s Grammy Award winning duo, Captain & Tennille. [1]

Toni Tennille was raised in Montgomery, Alabama as part of a talented family of entertainers. Her father, Frank, was a big band singer with Bob Crosby and the Bobcats and her mother, Cathryn, was a television pioneer, hosting Montgomery’s first daytime television talk show. Toni’s musical sisters, Jane, Louisa and Melissa, all sang on her variety shows as well as on the Captain & Tennille albums. Toni began her career studying classical piano and singing with Auburn University’s big band, the Auburn Knights. Toni did backup vocals on Pink Floyd's The Wall.

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  1. ^ IMDB (2008-02-07). Biography for Toni Tennille. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.

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