Hall and Oates Information

Hall and Oates Artist Information

Daryl Hall and John Oates are Hall & Oates, scored their first hit in 1974 and are still going strong, even today. Their most recent releases, 2004's Our Kind of Soul and Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates, are two years old. Hall & Oates continue to tour.

Hall & Oates first began as a duo that was faced with some trouble trying to figure out what type of music they wanted to have as their sound. They alternated between R&B, soul, folk-rock, and pop music. None of their first releases met with success. Hall & Oates felt Atlantic Records after their 1974 release War Babies to join RCA. Included on the album was the song "Sara Smile," which was Hall & Oates first Top Ten hit. Over the next few years, Hall & Oates spawned a collection of Top 40 hits. The 1977 release Bigger than the Both of Us included the single "Rich Girl" the first Hall & Oates No. 1 single.

Hall & Oates began to incorporate other music genres in their work in the late ‘70s. That adventure would turn out to prove a success when in late 1980 Hall & Oates released Voices. Voices was their self-produced hit that included a cover of the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling, a single that hit No. 12 on the charts. The follow-up song, "Kiss on My List," hit No. 1 as the second chart-topping hit by Hall & Oates. With the success of Voices, Hall & Oates rushed to release Private Eyes in the summer of 1981. Private Eyes had two No. 1 hits, and a another Top Ten hit. H20, released one year later, sold two million copies and their biggest single, "Maneater."

One more release, a greatest-hits compliation, and in April 1984, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that Hall & Oates had passed the Everly Brothers as the most success duo in the history of rock. Hall & Oates had a total of 19 gold and platinum records to their name at that time. With the release of Big Bam Boom in October 1994, Hall & Oates struck gold again, with over two million copies sold and four Top 40 singles. Their next album went gold, and Hall & Oates went on hiatus. The death of a close friend and collaborator had a profound effect on the duo. After Daryl Hall released the solo effort Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine, Hall & Oates reunited to record Oooh Yeah! in 1988, their first release for Arista. While the first single, "Everything Your Heart Desires," hit No. 3, none of the other singles hit the Top 20. It was seen as the end of an era for Hall & Oates. In 1997 and 2003, Hall & Oates attempted a mini-comeback. Hall & Oates still tour today.

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