hall and oates

John Oates, half of Hall & Oates Background information Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Genre(s) Blue-eyed soul

Pop rock Years active 1967 – present Label(s) Atlantic Records

RCA Records

Arista Records

U-Watch Records Website hallandoates.com Members Daryl Hall

John Oates

Hall & Oates are a pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates.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 #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. They have sold 80 million albums worldwide.

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 had thirty-four singles chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. As of 2006[update], 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 Music Entertainment. In 2003, Daryl Hall and John Oates were voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 1972–1974: First Albums 3 1975–1977: First Hits 4 1977–1980: Leaner Years and Sacred Songs 5 1980: Voices 6 1981: Private Eyes 7 1982: H2O 8 1983: Rock 'n Soul Part 1 9 1984: Big Bam Boom 10 1985: Live at the Apollo 11 1988–1990: The Arista Years 12 Later Work 13 2007-Present: Chromeo Collaboration 14 Trivia 15 Members of the Hall & Oates band 16 Past members 17 Discography 18 Bibliography 19 References 20 See also 21 External links //

Background

Daryl Hall (born Hohl) first met John Oates at the Adelphi Ballroom in Philadelphia in 1967 while attending Temple University. Each was heading his own musical group at the time—Hall with the Temptones, and Oates with the Masters. They were there for a band competition when gunfire rang out between two rival gangs, and in trying to escape, they ran to the same service elevator. Because of their similar musical tastes, and close proximity inside the elevator, they quickly became acquainted. It would take them another two years to form a musical duo, and three years after that they had signed to Atlantic Records and released their debut album.

1972–1974: First Albums

Early on in their recording careers, Hall & Oates had trouble clearly defining their sound, alternating among