Toni Tennille (4,228 views)

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Toni Tennille
Birth name: Cathryn Antoinette Tennille
Vocal Range: B2–G♯5
Years active: 1960–present

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{Vocal Range Timeline}Captain & Tennille:
Love Will Keep Us Together [1975]: D3–C♯5
Por Amor Viviremos [1976]: D3–C♯5
Song of Joy [1976]: C3–E5
Captain & Tennille Show [1976-1977]: C3–G5
Come in from The Rain [1977]: B2–F5
Captain & Tennille in New Orleans [1978]: C3–E♭3–D5
Captain & Tennille in Hawaii [1978] E♭3–C5
Dream [1978]: C3–D5
Captain & Tennille Songbook [1979]: E♭3–D5
Make Your Move [1979]: D3–D5
Keeping Our Love Warm [1980]: E♭3–D5
More Than Dancing [1982]: E♭3–G5
More Than Dancing... Much More (Bonus Tracks) [1985-1995]: E♭3–E5
Twenty Years of Romance [1995]: C3–C5
The Secret of Christmas [2007]: D3–B4–F5

Solo:
The Toni Tennille Show [1980-1981]: C3–G♯5
More Than You Know [1984]: E♭3–C5
All of Me (released on CD compilation 'Moon Glow') [1986]: D3–E♭5–E5
Never Let Me Go [1991]: C♯3–B♭4
Stardust [1992]: C5
Things Are Swingin' (reissued as 'Tennille Sings Big Band') [1994]: E♭3–B♭4
Victor/Victoria [1998]: C3–F♯5
Incurably Romantic [2001]: D3–A4

NOTE: Any rerecorded songs, such as those on 'Twenty Years Of Romance', are omitted unless Toni sings higher/lower than in original versions.

Significant High Notes:

G♯5: "Can't Stop Dancin'" live**
G5: "I've Got the Music in Me"*, "Let's Visit Heaven Tonight", "Tee-time for Toni Skit"*
F♯5: "Saved/Amen" with The Pointer Sisters*, "Victor/Victoria Audition Scene"
F5: "Can’t Stop Dancin'", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Let's Visit Heaven Tonight", "Operator" live**, "Sweet Georgia Brown" live - The Merv Griffin Show
E5: "Dancing in the Street" live*, "Going Bananas", "Let's Visit Heaven Tonight", "Mr. Persuasion", "Natural Woman" live 1975, "Nature Boy", "Rehearsal for 'Dance'" live*, "Sweet Georgia Brown" live - The Merv Griffin Show
E♭5: "Boogie Baby Christmas", "Easy Street", "Get Ready Teddy", "Hard Hearted Hannah" live, "I Thank You" live**, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Jingle Bells"*, "My Imagination" live**, "Saved/Amen" with The Pointer Sisters*, "Sweet Georgia Brown" live - The Merv Griffin Show, "Tee-time for Toni Skit"*
D5: "Boy Crazy", "Can't Stop Dancin'", "Do It Again", "Easy Street", "Free", "Get Ready Teddy", "Going Bananas", "Hard Hearted Hannah" live, "He's Gone" live with Dionne Warwick*, "Honeysuckle Rose", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "I've Got the Music in Me" live**, "I've Got the Music in Me"*, "Let's Do It", "Let the Good Times Roll" live**, "Love Hangover"*, "My Imagination" live**, "Never Make a Move Too Soon", "Operator" live**, "Saved/Amen" with The Pointer Sisters*, "Shop Around" live - Solid Gold, "Song of Joy", "Sweet Georgia Brown" live - The Merv Griffin Show, "Until You Come Back to Me (Thats What I'm Gonna Do)" live**, "You Never Done It Like That", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" live**
C♯5: "All of Me", "But I Think It's a Dream", "Dancing in the Streets" live, "Do It Again", "Don't Call It Love", "Easy Evil", "Easy Street", "Going Bananas", "The Good Songs", "Happy Together (A Fantasy)", "Hard Hearted Hannah" live, "Heartbeat", "Heatwave" live*, "He's Gone" live with Dionne Warwick*, "Honeysuckle Rose", "How High the Moon", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Jingle Bells"*, "Life Goes on" live*, "Mis Canciónes", "Mr. Persuasion", "Muskrat Love", "Operator" live**, "Superstition" live**, "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"*, "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)"
C5: "A Song for You" live**, "All About Toni and Daryl Playing Tennis on a Hot Sunday Afternoon Skit"*, "All of Me", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" live with Teddy Pengergrass**, "Black Water" Captain & Tennille in New Orleans, "But I Think It's a Dream", "Come in from the Rain", "Come on a My House", "Crazy Love" live**, "Denny's Such a Flirt", "Doctor Jazz" live - Captain & Tennille in New Orleans, "Don't Be That Way" live May 1992 - Stardust, "Easy Street", "Es La Canción", "Feel Like a Man", "Going Bananas", "Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe", "Hard Hearted Hannah" live, "Heartache Tonight" live - Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights, "Honeysuckle Rose", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", "I Just Want to Celebrate"*, "I Must Be in Love", "I Thank You" live**, "I Write the Songs", "I've Got the Music in Me" live**, "Laughter in the Rain" live with Neil Sedaka**, "Let's Do It", "Let's Visit Heaven Tonight", "Life Goes on" live*, "Love Hangover"*, "Love Is Spreading Over the World", "Love Survives", "Love Will Keep Us Together", "Mind Your Love", "My Imagination" live**, "Natural Woman" live 1975, "Oh My My" live**, "Por Amor Viviremos", "Proud Mary" live with Dusty Springfield**, "Rescue Me" live*, "Ride Captain, Ride! Skit"*, "Rock With You" live**, "Sad Eyes", "Save the Best for Last", "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" live**, "Shop Around", "Superstition"*, "Sweet Georgia Brown" live - The Merv Griffin Show, "Tee-time for Toni Skit"*, "They All Laughed", "You Are So Beautiful", "You Send Me" live**, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" live**
B4: "Ain't That Peculiar" live**, "All About Toni and Daryl Playing Tennis on a Hot Sunday Afternoon Skit"*, "Amame Una Vez Mas", "At Last" live 2001 - Today in NY, "Ballymena" with Perry Como -Perry Como's Bahamas Holiday, "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" More Than You Know version, "Denny's Such a Flirt", "Disney Girls", "Do That to Me One More Time", "Don't Forget Me", "Dream" 1986 version, "Dulce Extraño", "Gimme Some Lovin'"*, "God Only Knows", "Going Bananas", "Gentle Stranger", "Happy Together (A Fantasy)", "Honesty" live**, "Honeysuckle Rose", "How Can You Be So Cold?", "I Just Want to Celebrate"*, "I Must Be in Love", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Life Goes on" live*, "Lost in the Stars" live**, "Love Will Keep Us Together", "Mr. Persuasion", "Mi Mundo Irreal", "Moonglow", "Natural Woman" live 1975, "Oh My My" live**, "Please Mr. Postman" live*, "Por Amor Viviremos", "Rio"*, "'Round Midnight" live**, "Rubberband Man"*, "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" live**, "Shop Around", "Silly Love Songs"*, "Smile for Me One More Time", "Spring Is Here"*, "Then I'll Be Tired of You", "This Is Not the First Time", "We Never Really Say Goodbye", "Welcome Back"*, "You Are So Beautiful", "You Send Me" live**, "You Need A Woman Tonight"
B♭4: "1954 Boogie Blues", "Baby Come to Me", "Baby You Still Got It", "Behind Closed Doors" live**, "Boogie Baby Christmas", "Boy Crazy", "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" live*, "Broddy Bounce", "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" Captain & Tennille in New Orleans, "Come in from the Rain", "Come to Me", "Deep in the Dark", "Denny's Such a Flirt", "Dixie Hummingbird", "Don't Let Love Go", "Easy Street", "Es La Canción", "El Robote De Broddy", "For the Good Times" live**, "Free", "Gimme Some Lovin'"*, "God Only Knows", "Gonna Fly Now" live - ABC 25th Silver Anniversary Celebration, "Guess Who I Saw Today", "Heard Hearted Hannah", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"*, "Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe", "Honeysuckle Rose", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", "I Concentrate on You"*, "If I Were a Man" live Victor/Victoria, "I Just Want to Celebrate"*, "I Just Wanna Stop" live**, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "I Write the Songs", "Jeepers Creepers", "Le Jazz Hot" live Victor/Victoria, "Let It Shine"*, "Let's Visit Heaven Tonight", "Lonely Night (Angel Face)", "Los Sabe Dios", "Love Survives", "Midnight at the Oasis" live**, "Never Make a Move Too Soon", "Nobody Does It Better", "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?"*, "Rio"*, "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" live**, "Rock With You" live**, "'Round Midnight" live**, "Rubberband Man"*, "Save the Best for Last", "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" live**, "Silly Love Songs" live*, "Since I Fell for You", "Smile for Me One More Time", "Sometimes When We Touch" live**, "Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word" live**, "The Star Spangled Banner" live 1978 at ASG in San Diego, "Superstar" live*, "Superstition"*, "Sweet Georgia Brown" live - The Merv Griffin Show, "Tango", "Tee-time for Toni Skit"*, "Tennessee Waltz" live with Patti Page**, "That Old Black Magic", "Torch Song Medley" live - Captain & Tennille Songbook, "The Way I Want to Touch You", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "You Belong to Me" live**, "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Bay", "Your Song" live*, "You Send Me" live**, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" live**
A4: "But Beautiful", "But Not for Me", "Clean Up Woman" live**, "Crazy Love" live**, "Crazy Water", "Danny's Song" live**, "Dear God", "Dixie Hummingbird", "Don't Be That Way" live May 1992 - Stardust, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Feel Like Making Love" live**, "Feels Like More Than Dancing", "Fire Away", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" live**, "Good Enough", "Hallelujah I Love Him So", "He's Funny That Way", "Here's That Rainy Day" live**, "The Hungry Years" live with Neil Sedaka**, "I Can't Tell You Why" live**, "I Didn't Know About You", "If There Were Time", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'm Glad There Is You" live**, "I'm on My Way", "It's Better in the Bahamas" with Perry Como & Loretta Swit - Perry Como's Bahamas Holiday, "Just Leave Everything to Me" live Yavapai College 2022 - Hello, Dolly!, "Keeping Our Love Warm", "The Last Time I Saw His Face" live**, "Le Jazz Hot" live Victor/Victoria, "Love on a Shoestring", "Love Me Like a Baby", "The Man That Got Away", "Never Let Me Go", "Oh Holy Night"*, "On and On" live**, "I Really Had a Ball Last Night" live**, "Saving Up for Christmas", "Slow Dancing" live**, "Sometimes When We Touch" live**, "Song of Joy", "Tango", "Tell Him" live**, "Tenderly", "This Can't Be Love", "The Way I Want to Touch You", "We'll Be Together Again", "What You Won't Do For Love" live**, "You and Me" live Victor/Victoria

Significant Low Notes:

G♯3: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" live with Teddy Pengergrass**, "Candy", "Heard Hearted Hannah", "Gentle Stranger", "It Could Happen to You", "It's Better in the Bahamas" with Perry Como & Loretta Swit - Perry Como's Bahamas Holiday, "I Wish I Were in Love Again", "Jeepers Creepers", "Just Leave Everything to Me" live Yavapai College 2022 - Hello, Dolly!, "Killing Me Softly With His Song" live**, "Laughter in the Rain" live with Neil Sedaka**, "Love Me Like a Baby", "Sweet and Slow", "What You Won't Do For Love" live**
G3: "But I Think It's a Dream", "But Not for Me", "Clean Up Woman" live**, "Crazy Love" live**, "Denny's Such a Flirt", "Fire Away", "Good Morning Starshine" Perry Como's Bahamas Holiday, "Honesty" live**, "The Hungry Years" live with Neil Sedaka**, "I Didn't Know About You", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" live**, "For the Good Times" live**, "I Can't Tell You Why" live**, "I Just Wanna Stop" live**, "I'm on My Way", "I Thank You" live**, "Jeepers Creepers", "Lonely Night (Angel Face)", "Love Letters (Straight from Your Heart)" live**, "Love Me Like a Baby", "The Man That Got Away", "My Guy" live**, "My Imagination" live**, "Oh My My" live**, "On and On" live**, "Pardon My Southern Accent", "I Really Had a Ball Last Night" live**, "Save the Best for Last", "Slow Dancing" live**, "Something Cool" live**, "Sometimes When We Touch" live**, "Song of Joy", "Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word" live**, "Teach Me Tonight", "Tee-time for Toni Skit"*, "Tell Him" live**, "They All Laughed", "Wedding Song (There Is Love)", "We'll Be Together Again", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "You Never Done It Like That", "You Send Me" live**
F♯3: "Ballymena" with Perry Como - Perry Como's Bahamas Holiday, "But Beautiful", "Candy", "Circles", "Don't Let Love Go", "Dream", "God Only Knows", "Hallelujah I Love Him So", "How Can You Be So Cold?", "The Last Dance", "The Last Time I Saw His Face" live**, "Let the Good Times Roll" live**, "Let Mama Know", "Love Is Spreading Over the World", "Midnight Sun", "Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word" live**, "Talk to Me Baby", "Tango", "This Can't Be Love", "Time in a Bottle" live**, "We'll Be Together Again", "We Never Really Say Goodbye", "What You Won't Do For Love" live**, "You Need a Woman Tonight", "You're My Thrill"
F3: "All of Me", "Alright, Okay, You Win", "As Time Goes by" live**, "Baby Come to Me", "Baby You Still Got It", "Black Water" 'Captain & Tennille in New Orleans', "But I Think It's a Dream",  "Boogie Baby Christmas", "Boy Crazy", "The Christmas Star", "Circles", "Danny's Song" live**, "Davey I Misbehave", "Day Dream", "Disney Girls", "Do Nothing 'Till You Hear from Me", "Feel Like a Man", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" live**, "Guess Who I Saw Today", "Happier Than The Morning Sun", "Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"*, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" The Secret Of Christmas version, "Honeysuckle Rose", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", "I Concentrate on You"*, "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "I Got Rhythm", "I Must Be in Love", "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House", "Let Mama Know", "I've Got a Crush on You", "Incurably Romantic", "Jeepers Creepers", "Just the Way You Are", "Laura", "The Last Dance", "Lost in the Stars" live**, "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Le Jazz Hot" live Victor/Victoria, "Let Mama Know", "Let's Do It", "Love in the Shadows"*, "Love Survives", "Makin' Whoopee", "The Man That Got Away", "Meditation" live**, "Midnight at the Oasis" live**, "Midnight Sun", "Mind Your Love", "More Than You Know", "Mr. Sandman"*, "Never Make a Move Too Soon", "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?"*, "Oh Holy Night"*, "Operator" live**, "Our Love Is Here to Stay", "Rubberband Man"*, "Sad Eyes", "Saving Up for Christmas", "Second Time Around" live, "The Secret of Christmas", "Sentir Señor", "September in the Rain" live 'impromptu' - Win Lose Or Draw, "Slow Dancing" live**, "Superstition"*, "Sweet Georgia Brown" live - The Merv Griffin Show, "Tahoe Snow", "Talk to Me Baby", "Tennessee Waltz" live with Patti Page**, "Thank You, Baby", "That Old Black Magic", "The Nearness of You", "Things Are Swingin'", "Time in a Bottle" live**, "Torch Song Medley" live - Captain & Tennille Songbook, "Unchained Melody", "The Very Thought of You", "The Way I Want to Touch You" , "We Never Really Say Goodbye" live*, "Wind Beneath My Wings", "You Belong to Me" live**, "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" live**
E3: "All About Toni and Daryl Playing Tennis on a Hot Sunday Afternoon Skit"*, "At Last" live 2001 - Today in NY, "As Time Goes by" live**, "Behind Closed Doors" live**, "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" live*, "Christmas in California", "Christmas in California" live 1990, "Come on a My House", "Crazy Love" live**, "Day Dream", "Easy Evil", "Feels Like More Than Dancing", "For All We Know", "Going Bananas", "Hallelujah I Love Him So", "Happy Together (A Fantasy)", "He's Funny That Way", "Here's That Rainy Day" live**, "He's Gone" live with Dionne Warwick*, "Honesty" live**, "Honeysuckle Rose", "How Can You Be So Cold?", "How High the Moon", "The Hungry Years" live with Neil Sedaka**, "I'll Be Seeing You", "I Really Had a Ball Last Night" live**, "Isn't It Romantic?", "It's Magic", "I'm Glad There Is You", "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House", "The Last Time I Saw His Face" live**, "Let's Visit Heaven Tonight", "Little Saint Nick"*, "Love Letters (Straight from Your Heart)" live**, "Love on a Shoestring", "Midnight Sun", "More Than You Know", "Mr. Sandman"*, "Muskrat Love", "Natural Woman" live 1975, "Nature Boy", "Our Love Is Here to Stay" More Than You Know version, "Rock With You" live**, "Sad Eyes", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Variations", "Saving Up for Christmas", "Silent Night" The Secret Of Chrismas version, "Silly Love Songs"*, "Then I'll Be Tired of You", "Time in a Bottle" live**, "Unchained Melody", "Unforgettable", "You Never Done It Like That"
E♭3: "Back to the Island", "Behind Closed Doors" live**, "Boogie Baby Christmas", "Can't Help Lovin' That Man", "Come to Me", "Day Dream", "Daryl of the Bells", "Do Nothing 'Till You Hear from Me", "Don't Be Scared", "Happy Together (A Fantasy)", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" The Secret Of Christmas version, "Here's That Rainy Day" live**, "The Good Songs", "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "I Must Be in Love", "Keeping Our Love Warm", "Love Will Keep Us Together", "Mis Canciónes", "Never Let Me Go", "Nobody Does It Better", "Our Love Is Here to Stay", "Por Amor Viviremos", "'Round Midnight" live**, "The Secret of Christmas", "Since I Fell for You", "Shop Around", "Stardust" live July 2015, "The Star Spangled Banner" live 1978 at ASG in San Diego, "Tee-time for Toni Skit"*, "There May Be Other Nights Like This" live, "Things Are Swingin'", "This Is Not the First Time", "Unforgettable", "Tennessee Waltz" live with Patti Page**, "The Very Thought of You", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" live**, "You Need A Woman Tonight"
D3: "1954 Boogie Blues", "All of Me", "As Time Goes by" live**, "At Last", "Black Water" Captain & Tennille in New Orleans, "Deep in the Dark", "Don't Forget Me", "Good Enough" live**, "Honey Come Love Me", "Honeysuckle Rose", "How High the Moon", "I Just Wanna Stop" live**, "Little Saint Nick"*, "Love in the Shadows"*, "Merry Christmas", "Mr. Sandman"*, "No Te Levantes", "Sad Eyes", "The Secret of Christmas", "Silent Night" The Secret Of Chrismas version, "Song of Joy", "Stardust" live July 2015, "Tenderly", "Unchained Melody"
C♯3: "I'll Be Seeing You", "Muskrat Love" live - Solid Gold Classic
C3: "Bad Boy Leroy Brown" live*, "Black Water" Captain & Tennille in New Orleans, "Dixie Hummingbird", "Honeysuckle Rose" live - The Merv Griffin Show, "Just the Way You Are", "Le Jazz Hot" live Victor/Victoria, "Mind Your Love", "Mr. Sandman"*, "September in the Rain" live 'impromptu' - Win Lose Or Draw, "You Never Done It Like That", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" live**
B2: "Easy Evil"

Note: Some harmonised/background 5th & 6th octave notes on Captain & Tennille albums are either of Toni's sisters Louisa or Melissa, where credited, and not Toni, so aren't included here.
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Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks particularly impressive vocal moments.
*= Notes sang on the Captain & Tennille Show from 1976–1977 or the Captain & Tennille Christmas Show for Christmas songs.
**= Notes sang on the Toni Tennille Show from 1980–1981.

Half of the then husband-and-wife duo 'Captain & Tennille', who in the '70s and '80s recorded a string of top 10 hits and hosted their own ABC series and specials, all of which centred around Toni's voice and husband Daryl's trademark keyboard-based production. Toni is usually known as a Contralto, although she now describes herself as a Mezzo-soprano following classical voice study. Her main vocal traits would be her solid belts, strong vibrato, soulful mid-register, and smoky lows, which together make for an instantly recognisable voice. That lower register combines with a mixed voice that reaches F5 and a capable upper head voice to complete her vocal range.

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{Top Vocal Performances (Tentative)}
1. Come in from the Rain
2. Disney Girls
3. Song of Joy
4. Can't Help Lovin' That Man
5. How High the Moon
6. Since I Fell for You
7. Do That to Me One More Time
8. He's Gone (Live on the C&T Show)
9. Happy Together (A Fantasy)
10. Deep in the Dark
11. Mr. Sandman
12. Never Make a Move Too Soon
13. Wedding Song (There Is Love)
14. If There Were Time
15. Shop Around
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This list has been tentatively compiled, based on opinion alone - feel free to suggest amendments!

[Rodney Blazershorts]

You didn't specify what "At Last" live is from

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Ah so the clip it was from was never dated, but I guess since it's part of a promotional tour for Incurably Romantic it's from some point in 2001. It's the only "At Last" performance by her online anyway~

[kaji]

The live subnote from the Operator performance D5 is the wrong font size.