![]() That same year, Daryl and John participated in the historic “We Are the World” session as well as closing the Live Aid show in Philadelphia.īy 1987, the R.I.A.A. The era would also produce an additional 5 Top 10 singles, “Sara Smile,” “One on One,” “You Make My Dreams,” “Say It Isn’t So” and “Method of Modern Love.”ĭaryl also wrote the H&O single “Everytime You Go Away,” and singer Paul Young scored a number-one hit with a cover of the song in 1985. Their tenure at RCA would catapult the duo to international superstardom.įrom the mid-’70s to the mid-’80s, the duo would score six #1 singles, including “Rich Girl” (also #1 R&B), “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” (also #1 R&B), “Maneater” and “Out of Touch” from their six consecutive multi-platinum albums-’76’s Bigger Than Both of Us, ’80’s Voices, ’81’s Private Eyes, ‘82’s H2O, ‘83’s Rock N Soul, Part I and ‘84’s Big Bam Boom. The duo recorded one more album with Atlantic, War Babies, (produced by Todd Rundgren) before they left and promptly signed to RCA. Their 1973 debut album, Abandoned Luncheonette, produced by Arif Mardin, yielded the Top 10 single, “She’s Gone,” which also went to #1 on the R&B charts when it was covered by Taveras. ![]() Signed to Atlantic by Ahmet Ertegan in the 1970s, Daryl Hall & John Oates have sold more albums than any other duo in music history. They have become such musical influences on some of today’s popular artists that the September 2006 cover of Spin Magazine’s headline read: “Why Hall and Oates are the New Velvet Underground.” Their artistic fan base includes Rob Thomas, John Mayer, Brandon Flowers of the Killers, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and MTV’s newest hipsters Gym Class Heroes, who dubbed their tour “Daryl Hall for President Tour 2007.” One of the most sampled artists today, their impact can be heard everywhere from boy band harmonies to neo-soul to rap-rock fusion. Starting out as two devoted disciples of earlier soul greats, Daryl Hall & John Oates are soul survivors in their own right. Live Nation welcomes DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES to the Paramount Theatre on Thursday, September 3, 2015.ĭaryl Hall and John Oates are the NUMBER-ONE SELLING DUO in music history!
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