Hall & Oates

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Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall and John Oates (2008)
Daryl Hall and John Oates (2008)
General information
Genre (s) Soul , rock , pop , rhythm and blues , folk , new wave
founding 1970
Website www.hallandoates.com
Founding members
Daryl Hall
John Oates

Hall & Oates are an American pop music duo consisting of Daryl Hall and John Oates . They achieved numerous chart hits in the 1970s and 1980s with titles such as Rich Girl , I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) , Maneater and Out of Touch .

history

From 1966 to 1968 Daryl Hall gained his first live and record experience in Philadelphia as a member of the band "The Temptones", which released two singles ( Girl I Love You , Say These Words of Love ). At around the same time, John Oates joined the band "The Masters". As students at Temple University , Daryl Hall and John Oates met in 1967 when both bands performed at the Adelphi Ballroom in Philadelphia and became close friends within a short period of time. Daryl's first solo singles The Princess and the Soldier and A Lonely Girl were recorded in 1968. Then he briefly joined the band "Pal and the Prophets".

He had his first, rather dubious chart success in 1969 as a studio keyboarder for the band "The Electric Indian", who reached 16th place in the US charts with the instrumental piece Keem-O-Sabe . Daryl Hall later said of this track "probably the worst record ever made in history" ( probably the worst record in history ).

In 1969 Daryl Hall founded the band "Gulliver" without John Oates, which released an unsuccessful LP that same year. A year later the group broke up. John Oates reunited with Daryl Hall after a year in Europe. At the end of 1970 they formed the duo "Hall & Oates". The first public appearance took place on December 5, 1970 in the small club "Hecate's Circle" in Philadelphia. A short time later, the young Tommy Mottola became their manager. He brokered their first record deal with Atlantic Records . On March 6, 1972, they signed their first record deal. Under the supervision of producer Arif Mardin , they recorded their unsuccessful debut album Whole Oates . Their live concerts, however, enjoyed increasing popularity.

Hall & Oates experimented with different styles between folk , rock , gospel and soul and initially worked with constantly changing producers (including Christopher Bond, Todd Rundgren , Robert Fripp , David Foster ) without any commercial success.

It wasn't until the beginning of 1976 that they achieved two top 10 hits in the US charts with the title Sara Smile and the single She's Gone , which was released in November 1973 . They became known in the United States with the huge hit Rich Girl (US number 1) and the platinum album Bigger Than the Both of Us (US number 13), which is strongly oriented towards black soul . In the following years the albums Beauty on a Back Street (US place 30), Livetime (US place 42), Along the Red Ledge (US place 27) and X-Static (US place 33) followed.

Only with the first self-produced LP Voices (US number 17), which appeared in the summer of 1980 , from which the hit singles How Does It Feel to Be Back (US number 30), You've Lost That Lovin 'Feelin' (US number 12), Kiss on My List (US 1st place) and You Make My Dreams (US 5th place) were decoupled, the tide turned. In the spring of 1985 the musician Paul Young released a cover version of the song Every Time You Go Away (written by Daryl Hall) from this album , which was never released as a single by Hall & Oates. In the same year, Young's version became a number one hit in the US. Hall & Oates recorded the song again in 1985 for their concert album Live at the Apollo . In 2009 the original Hall & Oates version was used in the film The Rebound . Daryl Hall and John Oates had found their style with a mixture of rhythm and blues , soul and the new wave pop typical of the 1980s .

Between the summer of 1981 and the beginning of 1985, one hit followed another. These included the titles Private Eyes (US 1st place), I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (US 1st place), Did It in a Minute (US 9th place), Maneater (US 1st place, UK place 6, DE place 15), One on One (US place 7), Family Man (US place 6), Out of Touch (US place 1, DE place 15) and Method of Modern Love (US place 5). The LPs Private Eyes (1981, US No. 5), H 2 O (1982, US No. 3), Rock 'n Soul, Part 1 (1983, US No. 7) and Big Bam Boom (1984, US No. 5) sold distinguished themselves especially in the USA and were awarded gold and platinum.

At the height of their success, after appearing on Live Aid and together with David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks , members of the band The Temptations , the duo made the conscious decision in 1985 to retreat to further develop their own projects and their music. For both musicians, the chart success was less important than presenting their music live in front of an audience and arranging their songs again and again. Due to the clear focus on music in their careers, they have never appeared in scandals or spectacular stage shows, unlike many other successful performers. In the first half of the 1980s, they were also very popular in the United States through their music videos and MTV specials broadcast on MTV .

In 1986 and 1987, Hall & Oates temporarily went their separate ways after their record deal with RCA Records expired . Daryl Hall, who had already released a solo album with Sacred Songs in 1980 , succeeded in the summer of 1986 with the rock song Dreamtime (US No. 5), which was extracted from the album Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine , co-produced by David A. Stewart , a big hit as a soloist. John Oates took on various jobs as a producer and composer.

The next tour followed in the spring of 1988 and Hall & Oates celebrated with the LP Oh Yeah! and the single Everything Your Heart Desires (US # 3) made a comeback , which continued with the album Change of Season , released in late summer 1990, and the rock song So Close (US # 11). On May 17, 1990, their MTV Unplugged concert was recorded at Chelsea Studios in New York . A worldwide unplugged tour followed until the summer of 1992.

With the exception of 1993 and 1994, Hall & Oates have been on tour every year (mainly in the USA) in Japan and at longer intervals in Great Britain every year since 1990 . Daryl Hall brought out a moderately successful album (US No. 60) with Soul Alone in 1993 , while John Oates worked again as a producer. In 1996 a third solo album followed with the ambitious album Can't Stop Dreaming .

Seven years after their last album together, Change of Season , they released the album Marigold Sky (US 95th place), with which, however, they could no longer build on their earlier commercial successes. Only in 2003 did they reach first place on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Charts with a release of the album Do It for Love (US 77th place). In 2005 the album Our Kind of Soul (US # 69) was released, on which Hall & Oates mainly covered their favorite soul and rhythm'n blues songs. The last studio album Home for Christmas was released on October 3, 2006 . The song It Came Upon a Midnight Clear reached number one on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart in January 2007.

The American Billboard magazine (February 15, 2003) celebrated Hall & Oates with a 16-page article on the 30th stage anniversary . According to Billboard, the duo is the world's most successful duo with at least 60 million records sold, eight US number one hits and 26 US top 40 hits (up to 2003), ahead of Simon & Garfunkel .

In May 2008 Daryl Hall and John Oates returned to the troubadour in Los Angeles for the first time in 30 years. This concert event was released on CD and DVD in November of that year and documents the quality of their live concerts and their band. Well over 100 of their live shows have been recorded since 2005 and sold to concert-goers as uncut concerts at the end of their performances.

For the first time since 1986, the duo was nominated for a Grammy on December 2, 2009 in the category Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals alongside The Black Eyed Peas , Bon Jovi , The Fray and MGMT . This nomination was for Sara Smile's live recording of the CD and DVD Live at the Troubadour . In the past, Hall & Oates were nominated for Private Eyes in 1982 , Maneater in 1983 , The Way You Do the Things You Do / My Girl in 1986 and also in 1986 for The Daryl Hall & John Oates Video Collection: 7 Big Ones , but couldn't win these prizes. In October 2009 the 4-CD box Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates was released . In addition to various hit singles, 16 songs released for the first time can be heard various live recordings.

Hall & Oates Band

Since 1972 Hall & Oates have been accompanied by changing band members on their tours. In the phase of greatest popularity (1981–1985) the band consisted of the following members: Daryl Hall (vocals, keyboard, guitar), John Oates (vocals, guitar), GE Smith (guitar), Tom Wolk (bass, guitar), Charlie DeChant (saxophone, keyboard, flutes), Mickey Curry (drums). In 2009 the following members belonged to the band: Daryl Hall (vocals, guitar), John Oates (vocals, guitar), Tom Wolk (guitar), Zev Katz (bass), Charlie DeChant (saxophone, keyboard, flutes), Michael Braun ( Drums), Eliot Lewis (keyboard).

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B
1974 Abandoned Luncheonette
Atlantic 7269
- - UK-
silver
silver
UK
US33
platinum
platinum

(38 weeks)US
-
First published: November 3rd, 1973
Producer: Arif Mardin
Was Babies
Atlantic 18109
- - - US86 (10 weeks)
US
-
First published: October 12, 1974
Producer: Todd Rundgren
1975 Daryl Hall & John Oates
RCA Victor 1144
- - UK56 (1 week)
UK
US17th
gold
gold

(76 weeks)US
R&B50 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 18, 1975
Producers: Christopher Bond, Daryl Hall, John Oates
1976 Bigger Than Both of Us
RCA Victor 1467
- - UK25 (7 weeks)
UK
US13
gold
gold

(57 weeks)US
R&B33 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 16, 1976
Producer: Christopher Bond
1977 Beauty on a Back Street
RCA Victor 2300
- - - US30th
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
-
First published: September 5, 1977
Producers: Christopher Bond, Candy van Duser
1978 Along the Red Ledge
RCA 2804
- - - US27
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
-
First published: August 21, 1978
Producer: David Foster
1979 X-Static
RCA 3494
- - - US33 (24 weeks)
US
-
First published: October 15, 1979
Producer: David Foster
1980 Voices
RCA 3646
- - - US17th
platinum
platinum

(100 weeks)US
-
First published: July 29, 1980
Producers: Daryl Hall, John Oates
1981 Private Eyes
RCA 4028
- - UK8th
silver
silver

(21 weeks)UK
US5
platinum
platinum

(61 weeks)US
R&B11 (18 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 20, 1981
Producers: Daryl Hall, John Oates
1982 H 2 O
RCA 4383
DE32 (17 weeks)
DE
- UK24
gold
gold

(35 weeks)UK
US3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(68 weeks)US
R&B8 (29 weeks)
R&B
First published October 4, 1982
Producers: Daryl Hall, John Oates
1984 Big Bam Boom
RCA 5309
DE47 (5 weeks)
DE
- UK28
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK
US5
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(51 weeks)US
R&B25 (37 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 15, 1984
Producers: Bob Clearmountain , Arthur Baker ,
Daryl Hall, John Oates
1988 Ooh yeah!
Arista 8539
DE54 (2 weeks)
DE
- UK52 (3 weeks)
UK
US24
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)US
R&B30 (18 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 9, 1988
Producers: Daryl Hall, John Oates, T-Bone Wolk
1990 Change of Season
Arista 8614
- - UK44 (2 weeks)
UK
US60
gold
gold

(29 weeks)US
-
First published: October 9, 1990
Producers: Daryl Hall, John Oates, T-Bone Wolk
1997 Marigold Sky
Push Records 90200
- - - US95 (5 weeks)
US
-
First published: September 17, 1997
Producers: Daryl Hall, John Oates, David Bellochio
2003 Do It for Love
U-Watch Records 480800
- - UK37 (3 weeks)
UK
US77 (7 weeks)
US
-
First published: February 11, 2003
Producers: Brian Rawling , David Bellochio,
Mark Taylor, Daryl Hall, John Oates,
Greg Fitzgerald, Sheppard & Kenny Gioia, T-Bone Wolk
2004 Our Kind of Soul
U-Watch Records 480103
- - UK86 (1 week)
UK
US69 (2 weeks)
US
R&B71 (2 weeks)
R&B
First released: October 26, 2004
Producers: Daryl Hall, Greg Bieck, T-Bone Wolk

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More studio albums

  • 1972: Whole Oats (Atlantic 7242; release: November 12th)
  • 2006: Home for Christmas (DKE Records 480110; release: October 3rd)

literature

  • Nick Tosches, Dangerous Dances: The Authorized Biography (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984), ISBN 0-283-99189-5 .
  • Billboard, The International Newsweekly of Music, Video, and More Entertainment, Feb.15, 2003, H-1 - H-16.
  • Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul . 3rd Revised Edition, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, pp. 276-279 - ISBN 0-312-02573-4 .

swell

  1. ^ N. Tosch: Dangerous Dances. Pp. 35-36.
  2. ^ N. Tosch: Dangerous Dances. P. 41.
  3. ^ N. Tosch: Dangerous Dances. Pp. 44-48.
  4. a b Chart sources: DE CH UK US
  5. https://genius.com/albums/Daryl-hall/Three-hearts-in-the-happy-ending-machine
  6. http://www.hallandoates.de/Live%20Concert%20History.htm
  7. http://www.hallandoates.de/Charts_Singles.htm
  8. ^ Billboard, The International Newsweekly of Music, Video, and More Entertainment, Feb.15, 2003, H-1 -H-16
  9. ^ Billboard, The International Newsweekly of Music, Video, and More Entertainment, Feb.15, 2003, H-8
  10. http://www.hallandoates.de/Albums_Instant_Live2005.htm
  11. http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx
  12. http://www.hallandoates.de/HallandOates_Band.htm
  13. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .

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