American pop stone duo

Daryl Hall & John Oates
Daryl Hall and John Oates performing in 2017

Daryl Hall and John Oates performing in 2017
Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.Due south.
Genres
  • Pop rock
  • bluish-eyed soul
  • soft stone
  • rhythm and blues
  • yacht rock
  • new wave
  • synthpop
  • disco
  • dance-stone
Years active 1970–present
Labels
  • Atlantic
  • RCA
  • Arista
  • U-Sentry
Website hallandoates.com
Members
  • Daryl Hall
  • John Oates

Daryl Hall and John Oates (commonly known as Hall & Oates) are an American pop stone duo formed in Philadelphia in 1970. Daryl Hall is generally the pb vocalist; John Oates primarily plays electric guitar and provides bankroll vocals. The ii write most of the songs they perform, separately or in collaboration. They achieved their greatest fame from the mid-1970s to the belatedly-1980s with a fusion of rock and coil and rhythm and blues.[1]

Credited as Daryl Hall & John Oates (or Daryl Hall John Oates) on all of their The states releases, the duo reached the US Top twoscore with 29 of their 33 singles charting on Billboard'south Hot 100 between 1974 and 1991. Vi of these peaked at number one: "Rich Girl" (1977), "Kiss on My Listing" (1980), the ii 1981 releases "Individual Eyes", and "I Can't Go for That (No Tin can Exercise)" (as well a Hot Soul No. 1), "Maneater" (1982) and "Out of Touch" (1984). Their overall xvi US Top Tens as well include "She's Gone", "Sara Grin", "Yous Make My Dreams", "Family Homo", "Say It Isn't And then", and "Method of Modern Love". Vii of their albums have been RIAA-certified platinum and half dozen of them gold.[two] In the United Kingdom, they have achieved success with two Elevation 10 albums and six Top 40 singles, two of which – "I Can't Go for That (No Can Exercise)" and "Maneater" – reached the Height Ten. The duo accept spent 120 weeks in the UK Top 75 albums chart and 84 weeks in the Britain Meridian 75 singles chart.[3]

While employing a wide variety of session musicians on their recordings, they did have a long working relationship with several musicians who appeared on many of their works and have toured with them. They include guitarist G.E. Smith, bassist Tom "T-Os" Wolk, and multi-instrumentalist Charles DeChant. In addition, they collaborated with sisters Sara Allen and Janna Allen on songwriting and composing.

In 2003, Hall & Oates were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In Baronial 2018, in a 60th-ceremony celebration of Billboard'due south Hot 100, the duo ranked eighteen in a list of the top Hot 100 artists of all time and six in a list of the Hot 100's meridian duos/groups. They remain the most successful duo of all fourth dimension, ahead of the Carpenters, the Everly Brothers, and Simon & Garfunkel.[4] In September 2010, VH1 placed the duo at no. 99 in their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. In April 2014, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,[five] and on September 2, 2016, they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[6]

Proper name [edit]

The duo never liked to be referred to as "Hall & Oates". In an interview with Esquire, Oates said, "There isn't one album that says Hall and Oates. Information technology'southward always Daryl Hall and John Oates , from the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall and Oates', this ii-headed monster, this affair, is non anything nosotros've ever wanted or liked."[7] In a 2015 interview, Oates noted that "it'due south a horrible name" and that "information technology was a totally conscious conclusion" not to exist known every bit "Hall & Oates". "We didn't desire to exist the Everly Brothers, or Loggins & Messina, or whatever."[8]

In an interview with The Mercury News, Hall explained that "the reason we've e'er insisted on our full names is considering we consider ourselves to be two individual artists. Nosotros're not actually a classic duo in that respect."[9]

The duo are credited every bit Daryl Hall John Oates with no "and" or ampersand on many of their releases.[ten]

Despite their stated dislike for the proper name "Hall & Oates", the group sued a Brooklyn-based granola company in 2015 for naming one of their products "Haulin' Oats", claiming it was a "well-known mark" of the grouping.[11]

History [edit]

1967–1972: Formation and early years [edit]

Daryl Franklin Hohl (born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, on October 11, 1946)[12] and John William Oates (born in New York City on April 7, 1948)[13] first met at the Adelphi Ballroom in Philadelphia in 1967. At the time they met, each was heading his ain musical group, Hall with The Temptones and Oates with The Masters. They were there for a band contest when gunfire rang out betwixt two rival gangs, and in trying to escape, they ran to the same service lift. On further discovering that they were interested in the aforementioned music and that both were attending Philadelphia's Temple University, they started spending time together on a regular basis and eventually shared a number of apartments in the city.[xiv] 1 of the apartments they shared had "Hall & Oates" on the mailbox, which became the duo's common nickname.[15] It took them another 2 years to form a musical duo, and three years after that, they signed to Atlantic Records and released their debut album.[16] The two didn't start working together seriously until 1970 after Oates got back from an extended stay in Europe.[12]

1972–1974: Outset albums [edit]

Early on in their recording careers, Hall and Oates had trouble clearly defining their sound, alternate among folk, soul, rock and pop. None of their early on albums—Whole Oats, Abased Luncheonette and War Babies—was very successful.[17] Despite existence produced by such big-name producers as Arif Mardin and Todd Rundgren, they had no hit singles during this time menstruum, though Abandoned Luncheonette independent "She'south Gone".[17] This song was covered by Lou Rawls and Tavares before Atlantic Records re-released the Hall and Oates version in 1976. "She's Gone", as covered by Tavares, reached Number One on the R&B chart in 1974.[18] It was originally written for Hall'due south first wife, Bryna Lublin (Hall), and initially inspired past Oates's existence stood upwards on a engagement on New Year's Eve. Some other Abandoned Luncheonette single, "Las Vegas Turnaround", was written about (and mentioned by outset name) Hall'south girlfriend, flight bellboy and time to come song-writing collaborator Sara Allen.[nineteen] Despite the fact that none of the Atlantic albums was a huge national hit, in Minneapolis–St. Paul, a number of tracks on Abandoned Luncheonette received significant airplay on local FM station KQRS, making information technology a local striking.[ commendation needed ] The regional successes the album achieved were enough to push the album onto the chart, reaching #33 on November 20, 1976, and staying on the chart for 38 weeks.[20]

1975–1977: First hits [edit]

Impress advertising for Belkin Productions, Cleveland Public Hall, WMMS Radio in The Plain Dealer newspaper on December 5, 1976

Hall and Oates left Atlantic Records later on the release of War Babies to join RCA Records.[17] Their kickoff album for the new label, Daryl Hall & John Oates (often referred to by their fans as the silver album because of the silver foil cloth on the original album comprehend), was their outset notable success. It contained the ballad "Sara Smile",[17] a song Hall wrote for his aforementioned girlfriend Sara Allen.[21] Information technology also featured an album cover in which Hall and Oates are overly fabricated upward with cosmetic chroma to the point where they looked similar women, particularly the long-haired and clean-shaven Hall. Hall later said in an interview for VH1's Behind the Music that he looked like "the daughter I e'er wanted to exit with" on that anthology cover. This embrace was made past Pierre LaRoche, who created Ziggy Stardust for David Bowie.[22]

"Sara Smile" became their first Top x hitting, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart in June 1976. "She'due south Gone", re-released by Atlantic Records later on "Sara Grin", also went to the Superlative 10, reaching No. 7 in Oct 1976. Hall and Oates followed those hits with the more than pop-oriented album Bigger Than Both of Us later that year. Though the album'due south start unmarried—the Philadelphia soul-oriented ballad "Practice What Y'all Want, Exist What Yous Are"—barely fabricated the Meridian 40, their second single, "Rich Girl", was a smash.[17] The song was Hall and Oates's first No. 1 striking,[17] reaching the top spot for the week ending March 26, 1977.[23]

1977–1978: Leaner years and Sacred Songs [edit]

Afterward this small run of hits, Hall and Oates withal encountered difficulty getting radio play. Despite touring constantly and recording albums with efficiency, the duo could not find any pop success for a number of reasons, mainly because of the popularity of the disco genre. Past the fourth dimension they released the stone-oriented albums Beauty on a Back Street in 1977 and Forth the Red Ledge in 1978, disco music was trendy and taking most of the spots in popular music.

They did release a few hit singles during this flow: the follow-up to "Rich Girl" ("Back Together Over again") hit the Height 40, and "Information technology's A Laugh" (from "Forth The Crimson Ledge") hit the top 20 in 1978. In 1977, RCA attempted to button Hall to the fore with his offset solo attempt Sacred Songs. Nevertheless, subsequently being presented with the highly experimental recording (produced by Robert Fripp of King Reddish), RCA became unwilling to release what was, in their view, a non-commercial album. Sacred Songs was eventually released in 1980.[ commendation needed ]

1979–1981: X-Static and Voices [edit]

The 1980s brought well-nigh significant changes for Hall and Oates. The pair felt that the biggest hindrance to their success was that their music was existence filtered through exterior producers, and that studio musicians were non familiar with their ain tastes and thoughts. In 1979, they hired G. Eastward. Smith (who had worked with Dan Hartman and David Bowie by then) as lead guitarist, Mikey Curry every bit drummer in 1980 and afterward in 1981 Tom "T-Os" Wolk joined as bassist. They likewise enlisted Hall's girlfriend Sara Allen (and also her younger sister Janna) every bit songwriting collaborators, also as outset a working relationship with Neil Kernon, an engineer on Voices who worked as co-producer on their succeeding two albums.[ citation needed ] In belatedly 1979, Hall and Oates released X-Static, which combined stone with disco.[17] The album did not fare well, although "Wait for Me" did hit the top 20.

The band also wished to capture the sound of New York City which, by and so, had become their abode.[ citation needed ] Equally a result, instead of recording in Los Angeles, as they had done previously, they decided to record at Electrical Lady Studios in New York City, just five minutes away from their apartments, and began producing their ain recordings with their touring ring backing them in the studio.

The resulting album, Voices, was written, produced and arranged past Hall and Oates in one month, co-ordinate to their authorized biography Dangerous Dances (by Nick Tosches). The first two singles from the anthology charted fairly well, with "How Does It Feel to Be Dorsum" charting at Number 30. The well-received cover of The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'",[17] merely missed the Top x, peaking at Number 12, but spent 14 weeks in the Superlative xl. Later the release of that vocal, Oates's contribution as the lead vocalist diminished on futurity releases. The third unmarried "Buss on My List" hit Number i in April 1981 and remained in that location for three weeks. The follow-upward single "Y'all Make My Dreams" reached Number 5 in July of that year.[ citation needed ]

The other well-known song from Voices is the emotive ballad "Everytime You Become Abroad", with powerful atomic number 82 vocals by Hall, who wrote information technology.[17] British singer Paul Young had a Billboard Number one hit with a encompass of the vocal in 1985.[17] Though the Hall and Oates original (recorded in a Memphis-soul style) was never released every bit a single, information technology remains a fan favorite on the duo'due south greatest hits albums, and was featured on their Apollo Theater album in 1985, and is often featured in their alive fix to this day.[ citation needed ]

1981–1982: Private Eyes [edit]

By the time "You Brand My Dreams" was falling off the charts, Hall and Oates had already released their follow-up anthology Private Eyes. Having worked in the studio while Voices was at its meridian in popularity, the two had already recorded most of their material and perfected a fusion of their doo-wop and soul roots with New Wave energy and hard rock grit.[24] The issue was a popular classic that is frequently considered one of the greatest albums of the 1980s,[24] and was the first Hall and Oates album to reach the Top ten on the Billboard 200 anthology chart, while iv singles from Individual Eyes all reached the Top 40.

The title track and "I Tin can't Go for That (No Can Do)" were nearly consecutive Number i hits, separated only by the x-week stay at Number 1 by the monster hit "Concrete" by Olivia Newton-John. "I Can't Get for That (No Tin Exercise)" was one of the few songs ever recorded by a white act to reach Number One on both the R&B and the popular charts. "Did It in a Minute" reached Number nine in the jump of 1982, and "Your Imagination" peaked at No. 33.[25]

1982–1983: H2O and band changes [edit]

Their adjacent album, H2O, a very polished, synth-heavy effort, became the duo's most successful album, with US sales eventually approaching iv million copies. HtwoO reached No. 3 on the Billboard charts (where information technology held for fifteen weeks) and spawned three Top 10 singles. "Maneater", the biggest hit of their career, reached No. 1 on Dec 18, 1982, and stayed in that location for four weeks.[ citation needed ]

The soulful ballad "One on I" and a cover of Mike Oldfield's "Family Human" reached No. 7 and No. 6 in March and June 1983, respectively.

Nosotros try and take chances. Our new single "Maneater" isn't something that sounds similar anything else on the radio. The idea is to make things meliorate. Daryl Hall - NME - Nov 1982[26]

According to Oates, they recorded approximately twenty songs for the album, of which nine did non brand the terminal cut. He went on to say they usually had five or 6 tracks left over per album.[27]

For the H2O anthology, Hall and Oates made some permanent changes to their current band. Drummer Mickey Curry, who had appeared on some Private Eyes tracks, including the title song, replaced Jerry Marotta full-time. Bassist Tom Wolk, who had mimed John Siegler's bass line in the "Private Eyes" video, replaced Siegler full-time.[ citation needed ] These two joined the band's holdovers—lead guitar player G.E. Smith, and saxophonist Charles DeChant. De Chant and Wolk continued to perform with the duo until Wolk's death in early 2010, while Back-scratch returned for the Do It for Beloved and Laughing Downwards Crying sessions.[ citation needed ]

1983–1984: Rock 'n Soul Role 1 [edit]

By the fall of 1983, Hall and Oates were one of the biggest pop music acts in the United States. They had five Number 1 singles to their credit, ii sequent Height 10 albums and were one of the biggest names on MTV.[ commendation needed ] Ii covers of the 1957 Bobby Helms classic "Jingle Bong Rock" were recorded—i with Hall on lead vocals, and the other with Oates on lead vocals—and released in time for Christmas 1983, consummate with a humorous video of the ring, that received extensive airplay on MTV. In 1983, they released their start greatest hits album entitled Rock 'northward Soul Role 1. The album peaked at Number 7, and the ii new songs that were written and recorded for that LP also became Tiptop 10 hits besides.[ citation needed ]

The get-go unmarried released from this album, "Say It Isn't So", battled six weeks for the Number 1 spot with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson'southward "Say Say Say" at the pinnacle of Thriller mania. "Say It Isn't So" remained at No. 2 for four weeks from December 1983 to January 1984.[ commendation needed ]

Hall and Oates's follow-upward single "Adult Education" received heavy airplay at both pop and black (urban contemporary) radio, and reached Number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1984. It was accompanied by a dark, New York City-oriented music video set in a cave. Oates later told VH1 that the clip resembled the Survivor Boob tube show on acrid.[ commendation needed ]

1984–1985: Big Bam Blast [edit]

Hall and Oates returned to the studio in 1984 after a rest period to brainstorm work on the Big Bam Boom anthology. This album had even more of an electronic, urban experience to it than HiiO, combining their song construction and vocalization with the latest technical advances in recording and playing.[ commendation needed ] The album employed some of the most sophisticated equipment ever used in the recording manufacture at the time (most notably the Synclavier II, i of the first computerized synthesizer workstations, likewise every bit the Fairlight CMI). Noted remix and hip-hop icon Arthur Baker worked very closely with the duo as a consultant, and produced dance remixes of four of the album's singles.[ citation needed ]

The atomic number 82-off vocal "Dance on Your Knees" (written past Hall and Baker) is basically an homage to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's song "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)".[ commendation needed ] Released in late 1984, the first unmarried from the LP, "Out of Touch", became the grouping's sixth number ane hitting on December viii, 1984. "Method of Modern Love", which debuted on the pop charts while "Out of Affect" was at number ane, reached number five in February 1985. "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" reached number 18, and "Possession Obsession" (a song in which Oates sings lead) reached number 30 in 1985 also. The group's "Live Thru '85" tour to promote the album began in November 1984, sponsored by Pontiac'due south latest sports car, the Fiero. In addition, Pontiac allowed Oates, a skilled amateur racer, to drive in Pontiac's manufacturing plant IMSA GTU race car in Camel GT pro races. In April 1984, the Recording Industry Association of America named Hall & Oates the about successful duo in rock history.[12]

1985–1988: Alive at the Apollo and other projects [edit]

Hall and Oates take almost ever toured extensively for each album release. But in 1985, the duo took a break later on the release of their Alive at the Apollo album with David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks—voices of The Temptations and two of their heroes.[17] This was RCA's second effort at a live Hall and Oates anthology, following the 1978 release Livetime.[ citation needed ] Alive at the Apollo was released primarily to fulfill the duo's contract with RCA, and contained a Top 20 Grammy-nominated striking with a medley of "The Way You lot Practice the Things Yous Do" and "My Daughter";[28] Ruffin and Kendrick had originally recorded both songs with the Temptations in 1964.

Hall and Oates had collaborated on the USA for Africa "Nosotros Are the Earth" project, with the old every bit i of the soloists and the latter as a chorus fellow member, and performed at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia, with Ruffin and Kendrick. The Hall and Oates band also backed upwards Mick Jagger's performance at this show.[ citation needed ]

Hall, Oates, Ruffin and Kendrick performed again at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York later that year, complete with an Apollo Theater-style marquee descending on the phase during their performance.[ citation needed ]

In May 1985, Hall and Oates performed at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium.[29] Just prior to Live Assistance, on July 4, they participated in Liberty Concert, an outdoor benefit concert at Freedom Land Park in Jersey City, New Jersey for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, which was filmed for HBO. Information technology became a major music event, drawing an estimated oversupply of over sixty,000 people.[ citation needed ]

In 1986, Hall scored a Acme 5 U.s.a. hit with "Dreamtime", from his solo album 3 Hearts in the Happy Catastrophe Automobile. That anthology also included the Top 40 hit "Foolish Pride" and the Tiptop 100 hit "Somebody Like Y'all", after performed by the duo live on their "Behind the Music" set up.[ citation needed ] Although Oates did not have a solo hit equally a singer, he did contribute a solo runway to the film About Last Nighttime and co-wrote (with Iva Davies) and performed bankroll vocals on the 1987 Icehouse top ten Usa hit "Electric Blueish". Oates too worked as producer, co-songwriter and co-lead vocalist of the single "Beloved Is Burn down" past The Parachute Club, which was a top xl hit in Canada in 1987.[ commendation needed ]

1988–1990: Arista years [edit]

Hall and Oates signed with Arista Records, their third record company, in 1987, soon earlier the string of Top 10 hits ended, in Tommy Mottola'south endeavour to keep them nether contract when their RCA obligation ran out. Their first album for the label, Ooh Yeah!, included the hits "Everything Your Middle Desires"[17] (Number 3 in May 1988—their last to make the Summit ten), "Missed Opportunity", and "Downtown Life". Starting time with Ooh Yeah!, album and unmarried releases were credited equally Daryl Hall John Oates, with the '&' or 'and' missing between the duo'southward names. It was the last Hall and Oates album, other than greatest hits packages, to enjoy platinum success. They recorded one more anthology for Arista chosen Change of Season. The album's beginning unmarried "So Close" (co-produced by Jon Bon Jovi) reached Number eleven and was Hall & Oates's last major striking.[17] Another vocal from the anthology, "Don't Hold Back Your Beloved", was named by SOCAN every bit the second-most performed song in Canada for 1992;[thirty] it became a hitting for Australian Sherbet front man, Daryl Braithwaite, in his solo years, and has become a Hall and Oates staple in concert. Change of Flavor was a more mainstream rock album than their previous work. Despite the fact that Ooh Yeah! and Alter of Season reached platinum and gold status respectively, they were perceived as disappointments. In 1989, they covered and did their own version of the O'Jays vocal Beloved Train for the movie Earth Girls Are Easy.[ citation needed ]

1991–2006: Practice It for Love and Christmas album [edit]

The duo's occasional song-writing collaborator Janna Allen died of leukemia in 1993. Hall and Oates released the Marigold Sky album in 1997 (their first all-new studio anthology in seven years), which included an Adult Gimmicky hit "Promise Ain't Enough". They also released a "VH1 Behind the Music" Greatest Hits packet shortly later on appearing on the bear witness in 2002. At the same time, Daryl and Sara, professional/personal collaborators, bankrupt off their romantic relationship afterward some three decades.[ citation needed ] Their friendship is nevertheless evidently strong; he has noted her help in his recovery from his 2005 attack of Lyme illness. Hall and Oates released the Do It for Dearest album in 2003, whose championship track was a number one Adult Contemporary hit. They also released the Hall & Oates Live DVD from an A&Eastward Live past Request special. This anthology was the kickoff release (and first success) for their newest joint venture U-Scout Records. Hall has also released the solo albums Soul Alone (1993) and Tin can't Stop Dreaming (originally released in Japan in 1996), and a live two-disc solo anthology titled Live in Philadelphia (2004).[ citation needed ]

Hall and Oates covered Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom" on the 1991 John/Taupin tribute album "Two Rooms", proverb in the booklet: "We chose 'Philadelphia Freedom' considering the music is then close to our hearts, and the lyrics stand for the way we feel about Philadelphia."[ citation needed ] Oates released his ain solo album in 2002 entitled Phunk Shui and a companion live concert DVD. Hall and Oates also released their first CD of (mostly) covers, Our Kind of Soul, in 2004. It includes some of their favorite R&B songs, such equally "I'll Be Around" (their get-go Hot 100 entry in over a decade), "Love T.K.O.", and Dan Hartman'south "I Can Dream Virtually Y'all", among others. Hall and Oates remained on the touring circuit, traveling nigh as much as they did in years by. In add-on, a DVD of live performances of the songs from Our Kind of Soul was released in November 2005.[ citation needed ]

Hall and Oates released a Christmas album, Habitation for Christmas, on Oct 3, 2006, which contained two Christmas originals and covers, including a version of "It Came Upon a Midnight Articulate", which became their second number one Adult Gimmicky hit.[31]

2007–2013: Solo projects and hiatus [edit]

In September 2007, representatives of Montreal-based band Chromeo stated in a printing release, "Indeed, Chromeo'south idols Hall and Oates have asked them to interact with them on their upcoming tape! Needless to say, the gentlemen are giddy like schoolchildren to be given this opportunity", as reported by Pitchfork Media.[32] This collaboration with Chromeo was expected to be released in late 2008/early 2009, and was released as Live from Daryl's House. On May xx, 2008, Hall and Oates were honored every bit BMI Icons at the 56th annual BMI Pop Awards. Every bit of 2008, their song-writing has collected 24 BMI Pop Awards and 14 BMI Million-Air awards.[33]

There were two notable nationally televised appearances for the duo in late 2008. On October 27, Oates sang the National Anthem before Game 5 of the 2008 Globe Series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia (Hall had taken ill, and the game was called on business relationship of rain subsequently the tiptop of the 6th inning, simply resumed on Oct 29, and the Phillies won, claiming their start Globe Series Championship in 28 years).[34] (Though built-in in New York, Oates was raised in a suburb of Philadelphia and attended Temple University.[13]) And then, on December xi, both Hall and Oates appeared on the year'southward concluding episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. They sang a satirical tribute to Alan Colmes, as he was leaving the show Hannity and Colmes on Fox News a month later on.[35] [36] On March 24, 2009, Hall and Oates performed together on the American television evidence Dancing with the Stars.[37] During 2009, the duo recorded a cameo for the picture show Y'all Again, performing "Kiss On My List" for the final scene and closing credits.[38]

On May 22 and 23, 2008, they performed at the Troubadour, 35 years later on first performing there every bit an opening human action. They played many popular selections, including "Cab Driver" from Hall's solo album as well as several songs from the Abandoned Luncheonette anthology, including "Had I Known You Better Then" which had never been performed live before. The functioning was recorded every bit a concert flick and later on released in the US as a double CD set with DVD/Blu-ray Combo on Nov 25, 2008. In 2009 the live performances of "Sara Grin" from this anthology was nominated for a Grammy Laurels for Best Popular Operation by a Duo or Grouping with Vocals, an incredible 33 years after the original song was released. Concerning the nomination, Daryl considered it truly a surprise.[39] [forty] This fabricated information technology the 3rd fourth dimension that the band was nominated for a Grammy Award; the other 2 times were in 1981 for "Private Eyes" and 1983 for "Maneater".

On October 13, 2009, a 4-CD box set was released, titled Practice What You Desire, Exist What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates. This fix represents the nearly comprehensive hits collection past the duo as it includes songs from various labels. Also included are three songs recorded by Hall and Oates with their earlier bands prior to their forming Hall and Oates as a duo. The boxed set sold v,000 copies the first hour and, in full, it has sold 15,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, peaking at No. 89 on the Billboard 200 on October 23, 2009.[41] In one of the concluding concerts at the Wachovia Spectrum, Hall and Oates and Philadelphia-area musicians The Hooters and Todd Rundgren headlined a concert titled "Last Telephone call". In 2010, Hall and Oates embarked on their "Do What Y'all Want, Be What You Are" tour in the United States. They appeared on the American Idol flavor finale on May 26, 2010, performing "You Make My Dreams". Likewise in 2010, Hall and Oates announced they would join a growing artists' boycott of the state of Arizona over the country's recently passed anti-illegal immigrant laws.[42]

On May eight, 2012, the two performed on the NBC reality singing competition The Voice.

2013–present: Hall of Fame consecration and touring [edit]

Hall and Oates perform live in 2017 at the Allstate Loonshit

On October 16, 2013, Hall and Oates were announced as 2014 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[43] They were announced as inductees for the Stone and Roll Hall of Fame'southward Class of 2014 on December xvi, 2013.[44]

Hall started his monthly web series Live From Daryl's House [45] in 2007 after having the idea of "playing with my friends and putting it up on the Net".[46] The series features him jamming with diverse guest musicians in his house in the woods. Guest artists on the evidence take run the gamut of musical styles and influences, and have included Smokey Robinson, Robby Krieger from The Doors, Rumer, Nick Lowe, CeeLo Dark-green, KT Tunstall, Todd Rundgren, Darius Rucker, and Chromeo.[47] In 2010, Alive From Daryl's House won a Webby Award in the Variety category.[48]

In May 2014, Hall's home renovation programme, Daryl'southward Restoration Over-Hall, premiered on the DIY Network.[49] On July xv, 2014, Hall and Oates performed in Republic of ireland every bit a duo for the very first time (they each performed independently every bit solo acts before) at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin. The event was recorded, packaged as a two CD/DVD set and released as 'Alive In Dublin' in Deutschland March 27, 2015, and in the Us on March xxx, 2015.[50] Hall and Oates indicated that the recorded concert was also being released in motion picture theaters nationwide for i day only.[51]

The duo made a cameo in the 2015 Happy Madison film Pixels. On September 2, 2016, Hall and Oates received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their work in the music manufacture, located at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard.[52] [53]

In March 2017, it was announced that they would be touring the US from May until the end of July 2017. The 29 date arena bout was with co-headliner Tears for Fears.[54] This included the HoagieNation festival in Philadelphia, created by Hall & Oates.[55] A "celebration of everything Philly", the event was held again in 2018 and 2021. Hall & Oates likewise headlined the BluesFest 2017 at the London O2 arena on Oct 28, 2017, supported by Chris Isaak. They played a Dublin concert the following night.[ citation needed ]

Between May and June 2019 they made their start bout of Latin America, visiting Argentine republic, Chile and Brazil. In Santiago de Chile, Hall said "Here we are, finally! just ameliorate late than never". Later they performed for the get-go fourth dimension in Spain.[ citation needed ]

Songwriting [edit]

In an interview in a 1983 upshot of Juke Mag, Oates was asked well-nigh whether conflicts arose. He replied that "we accept our artistic differences only we reconcile them". He said that if they both came up with a different style of doing something, they'd try it both means and whatever sounded the better of the two they would use.[27]

Members [edit]

Musical duo [edit]

  • Daryl Hall – vocals, guitars, keyboards, mandolin, vibraphone
  • John Oates – guitars, vocals, keyboards

Backing musicians [edit]

Current band [edit]

  • Charles DeChant – saxophone, flute, percussion, keyboards, bankroll vocals (1976–1985, 1990–nowadays)
  • Eliot Lewis – keyboards, backing vocals (2003−present)
  • Brian Dunne – drums, percussion (2009−present)
  • Klyde Jones – bass guitar, backing vocals (2011–present)
  • Porter Carroll – percussion, backing vocals (2011–present)
  • Shane Theriot – guitars, backing vocals (2013–nowadays)

By musicians [edit]

  • G. E. Smith – lead guitars, backing vocals (1979-85)
  • Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass, guitar, backing vocals (1981–2010; his decease)
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Bob Mayo – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
  • Mickey Back-scratch – drums
  • Jeff Catania – guitars
  • John Korba – keyboards, guitar, bankroll vocals
  • Willie Wilcox – drums
  • John Siegler – bass
  • Mike Braun – drums
  • Jerry Marotta – drums
  • Caleb Quaye – guitars
  • Kasim Sulton – bass, keyboards, bankroll vocals
  • Kenny Passarelli – bass
  • Keith Merritt – percussion
  • Robbie Michael – keytar
  • Danny Luna – guitar
  • Mike Klvana – keyboards
  • Roger Pope – drums
  • David Kent – keyboards
  • Todd Sharp – guitars
  • Stephen Dees – bass
  • Eddie Zyne – drums
  • Tony Beard – drums
  • Paul Pesco – guitar
  • Zev Katz – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Everett Bradley – percussion, backing vocals
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Brad Fiedel – keyboards[56]
  • Mark Rivera - saxophone
  • Pat Colins - bass (Temptones)

Discography [edit]

  • Whole Oats (1972)
  • Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
  • State of war Babies (1974)
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975)
  • Bigger Than Both of Us (1976)
  • Dazzler on a Back Street (1977)
  • Along the Blood-red Ledge (1978)
  • X-Static (1979)
  • Voices (1980)
  • Individual Eyes (1981)
  • HiiO (1982)
  • Big Bam Smash (1984)
  • Ooh Yep! (1988)
  • Alter of Flavour (1990)
  • Marigold Sky (1997)
  • Do It for Love (2003)
  • Our Kind of Soul (2004)
  • Home for Christmas (2006)

See also [edit]

  • List of artists who reached number ane in the The states
  • List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. trip the light fantastic chart
  • Listing of Billboard number-i dance hits
  • Listing of Billboard number-one singles
  • Garfunkel and Oates

Farther reading [edit]

  • Fissinger, Laura, Hall & Oates (Mankato: Artistic Education, 1983).
  • Gooch, Brad, Hall & Oates: Their Lives and Their Music (1985).
  • Oates, John (2017). Change of Seasons: A Memoir. St. Martin's Press. ISBN978-ane-250-08266-iv.
  • Tosches, Nick, Dangerous Dances: The Authorized Biography (New York: St. Martin'due south Printing, 1984).

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External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • Hall & Oates on Twitter
  • "Hall & Oates"—Presented in Behind the Music: Remastered by VH1.com

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