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Track listing

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) - 3:16 #"Mind Your Love" ( Jerry Reed Hubbard) - 2:59 #"Smile for Me One More Time" (Toni Tennille) - 3:17 #"

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) - 3:29 #"Going Bananas" (

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) - 2:10 #"Butterscotch Castle" (

Toni Tennille Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille (born May 8, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one-half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille with her former husband Daryl Dragon; their signature song is "Love Will Keep Us ...

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) - 3:18 #"1954 Boogie Blues" (Toni Tennille, Daryl Dragon) - 4:54 Later in 1976, Pickwick Records re-issued ''Song of Joy''. However, two tracks, "Mind Your Love" and "Butterscotch Castle", were omitted from the re-issue.(SPC-3274)
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Singles

*"Lonely Night" (Angel Face) A&M 1782 b/w "Smile For Me One More Time" (#3 Hot 100, #1 Adult Contemporary) *"

" A&M 1817 b/w "Butterscotch Castle" (#4 Hot 100, #1 Adult Contemporary) *"

" A&M 1870 b/w "Honey Come Love Me" (#4 Hot 100, #1 Adult Contemporary) *" Wedding Song (There Is Love)" A&M 8601

Personnel

- piano, vocals *

- guitar, bass guitar, keyboards *Buddy Childers - trumpet *

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- saxophone *

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- drums, percussion *Frankie Capp - percussion *James Getzoff - concertmaster *

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- baritone and tenor saxophones *Bobby Knight - trombone *Charles Loper - trombone *Jack Nimitz - saxophone *

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- trumpet *Michael Wimberly - trombone *Clark Burroughs, Gary Sims,

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, Pat Miller, Jane Tennille, Louisa Tennille, Melissa Tennille, Andy Boettner - background vocals

Certifications

References

Song of Joy - Captain & Tennille
1976 albums A&M Records albums Captain & Tennille albums Albums recorded at A&M Studios {{1970s-pop-album-stub