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The Captain & Tennille to divorce: Powerhouse ’70s duo split after 39 years of marriage

The Captain & Tennille perform at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York in October 2007.
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The Captain & Tennille perform at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York in October 2007.
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Love apparently won’t keep them together.

The Captain & Tennille, the ’70s singing duo who famously sang “Love Will Keep Us Together,” are calling it quits after 39 years of marriage.

Toni Tennille, whose real name is Cathryn Antoinette Tennille, 73, filed for divorce from Daryl Dragon, known as the Captain, 71, on Jan. 16, according to People. The legal documents were filed in Arizona.

Captain & Tennille were also best known for hits such as “Muskrat Love” and “Do That To Me One More Time.”

The Captain & Tennille perform at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York in October 2007.
The Captain & Tennille perform at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York in October 2007.

It appears fans of the longtime couple weren’t the only ones surprised by news of the split.The Captain himself said he was surprised by his wife’s filing.

“I don’t know why she filed … I gotta figure it out for myself first,” he told TMZ.com, adding that the two still live together.