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Hall & Oates

Biography

Started: 1967
City and Country of Origin: Philadelphia, PA
Music Background:
Awards: 2003 inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame
Top Recordings: "Sara Smile," "She's Gone," "Rich Girl," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "Kiss on My List," "You Make My Dreams," "Private Eyes," "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," "Maneater," "Say It Isn't So," "Out of Touch," "Everything Your Heart Desires," "So Close"
Hall & Oates Biography: Hall & Oates is a popular music duo made up of Daryl Hall, born Daryl Franklin Hohl on October 11, 1949, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and John Oates, born John William Oates on April 7, 1949 in New York City. The act achieved its greatest fame in the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles which they dubbed "Rock and Soul". They are best known for their six number 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "Rich Girl", "Kiss on My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", "Maneater", and "Out of Touch," as well as many other songs which charted in the Top 40.

Daryl Hall first met John Oates at the Adelphi Ballroom in Philadelphia in 1967 while attending Temple University. Both were heading their own musical groups at the time, Hall the Temptones and Oates the Masters. They were attending a band competition when gunfire rang out between two rival gangs, while trying to escape, they ran to the same service elevator. Because of their similar musical tastes, they quickly became acquainted. It would take them another two years to form a musical duo, and three years after that, they had signed wiyh Atlantic Records and released their first recording.

None of their early recordings with Atlantic Records were successful. Although the album Abandoned Luncheonette contained the later hit single "She's Gone." They moved to RCA where the duos first album Daryl Hall and John Oates became their first legitimate success. It contained the hit single "Sara Smile", a song Hall wrote for girlfriend Sara Allen. It reached number 4 on the charts in the summer of 1976. Atlantic then rereleased "She's Gone" which climbed to number 7 on the charts.

The duo settled in New York where they began to produce their own records. There Hall and girlfriend Sara Allen collaborated to form a songwriting team. Hall & Oates soon struck with hits like: "How Does It Feel to Be Back," the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and the number 1 hit "Kiss on My List." The group continued to turn out hits through the mid 80s when their popularity began to wane.

They last reached the pop top forty in 1990 and then slowly faded from public view, though they did not formally break up. They have continued to record and tour with some success. In total the act scored thirty-four hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100. As of 2006, Hall and Oates have seven RIAA platinum albums along with six RIAA gold albums.

A greatest hits compilation was released in 2001 from Bertelsmann Music Group. The BMG collection was expanded in 2004 and reissued the following year, after BMG merged with Sony. In 2003, Daryl Hall and John Oates were voted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.

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