Hall & Oates

Genres:	Holiday & Seasonal • Pop / Rock • R&B / Soul
Descriptive "tags":	80s • pop • soft rock • classic rock • rock • soul
Decades Active:	1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Discography • Facebook • IMDb • Official Homepage • Wikipedia • YouTube

Biography

Like 60s predecessors the Righteous Brothers (and their inferior 90s successor Michael Bolton), Hall And Oates decade-spanning string of hit singles was proof of the perennial appeal of white soul singing. The duo achieved their success through the slick combination of Hall’s falsetto and Oates’ warm baritone. A student at Temple University, Daryl Hall (Daryl Franklin Hohl, 11 October 1949, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA) sang lead with the Temptones and recorded a single produced by Kenny Gamble in 1966. He first met John Oates (b. 7 April 1949, New York City, New York, USA), a former member of Philadelphia soul band the Masters, in 1967. After briefly performing together, the duo went their separate ways. Hall subsequently made solo records and formed soft rock band Gulliver with Tim Moore, recording one album in 1969. Hall and Oates were reunited the same year, and the two men began to perform around Philadelphia and write acoustic-leaning songs...

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