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Hall And Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates, commonly known as Hall & Oates, were an American rock duo formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1970. Daryl Hall was generally the lead vocalist, while John Oates primarily supplied electric guitar and backing vocals. The two wrote most of the songs they performed, either separately or in collaboration. They achieved their greatest fame from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s with a fusion of rock music, soul music, and rhythm and blues. Though they are commonly referred to by only their surnames, the duo's official and preferred title included the members' first names. They have been credited on albums as Daryl Hall & John Oates (or Daryl Hall John Oates) on all of their US releases. The duo reached the US Top 40 with 29 of their 33 singles charting on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 between 1974 and 1991. Six of these peaked at number one: " Rich Girl" (1977), "Kiss on My List" (1980), the two 1981 releases " Private Eyes" and " I Can't Go for That (No Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Hall
Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), known professionally as Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer. He is best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Hall & Oates, with guitarist and songwriter John Oates. Outside of his work in Hall & Oates, he has also released six solo albums, including the 1980 progressive rock collaboration with guitarist Robert Fripp titled '' Sacred Songs'' and the 1986 album '' Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine'', which provided his best selling single, "Dreamtime", that peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He has also collaborated on numerous works by other artists, such as Fripp's 1979 release '' Exposure'', and Dusty Springfield's 1995 album '' A Very Fine Love'', which produced a UK Top 40 hit with " Wherever Would I Be". Since late 2007, he has hosted the streaming television series '' Live from Daryl's House,'' in which he performs alongside other artists, doing a mix of songs from e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Method Of Modern Love
"Method of Modern Love" is a song by the American duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. It was released as the second single from their 1984 album, ''Big Bam Boom''. The song reached number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February 1985. ''Billboard'' said that Hall & Oates "pop-r&b style renews its freshness and interest." Music video The setting and the mood of the music video are surreal, almost dream-like. At the beginning, Hall and Oates are discovered in their cozy apartment by someone on the roof looking through a skylight. G. E. Smith throws a V-style guitar through the window, as if it were a spear. The guitar sticks into the floor and begins to glow. This incites Hall and Oates to go up to the roof to investigate. There, they become mesmerized by a four-man band, and then all the men perform a choreography. While performing, Hall falls from the roof, and the other men rush to see what became of him. They see him dancing on the clouds next to the moon, and upon Hall's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say It Isn't So (Hall & Oates Song)
"Say It Isn't So" is a song performed by American pop rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates, and written by Daryl Hall. It was released by RCA Records in October 1983 as the first of two new singles from their compilation album '' Rock 'n Soul Part 1'', released that same year (see 1983 in music). The song was remixed as a "special extended dance mix" by John "Jellybean" Benitez, which topped ''Billboard'' magazine's Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for four weeks, behind coincidentally "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. Composition and recording "Say It Isn't So" was written by Daryl Hall during the duo's supporting tour for '' H2O''. It was the first of two new songs recorded during the sessions for ''Rock 'n Soul Part 1''. The sessions took place in September 1983 at Electric Lady Studio A in New York City. The song was produced by Daryl Hall and John Oates, with recording by Bob Clearmountain, who co-produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Man (Hall & Oates Song)
"Family Man" is a pop rock song written by Mike Oldfield, Tim Cross, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye, Morris Pert, and Maggie Reilly. It became a hit song in 1982 for Mike Oldfield with Maggie Reilly as the vocalist. Daryl Hall and John Oates achieved success a year later with their cover version. In 2009, Maggie Reilly recorded another version of the song for her solo studio album ''Looking Back Moving Forward''. Mike Oldfield version Background The song "Family Man" was first recorded and released as a single by musician Mike Oldfield in 1982 on Virgin Records. It was taken from his studio album ''Five Miles Out'', with vocals performed by Maggie Reilly. In the UK the single was released as a standard black 7-inch vinyl and a 7-inch picture disc featuring a photographic portrait of Oldfield. The single cover depicts a scene where a gentleman in a black suit sitting at a bar, being approached from behind by a woman in a red outfit. Lyrical content According to an interview in 1998, Oldfie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Make My Dreams
"You Make My Dreams" is a song by American duo Daryl Hall & John Oates, taken from their ninth studio album, ''Voices'' (1980). The song reached number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1981. The track received 154,000 digital sales between 2008 and 2009 according to Nielsen SoundScan. The song has sold over 1.8 million copies in the UK as of June 2024, despite having never charted in the country. Composition John Oates said the song came about "through a happy accident, my guitar player friend of mine and myself were jamming in the dressing room, and I started playing a delta blues and he started playing a Texas swing, and we put them together, and all of a sudden into my head popped "you make my dreams." I just started singing it. I don't know why, but I did. And it sounded really cool and everyone liked it. It was as simple as that." Daryl Hall also commented on the iconic piano riff that opens the song and the distinctive sound that is generated by a Yamaha CP- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Smile
"Sara Smile" is a song written and recorded by the American musical duo Hall & Oates. It was released as the third single from their album '' Daryl Hall & John Oates''. The song was the group's first top 40 and first top ten hit in the US, reaching number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Release and chart performance "Sara Smile" first appeared in August 1975 as the second cut on the RCA Records album '' Daryl Hall & John Oates''. The song was performed by Hall & Oates during their September–November 1975 tour in support of the album, with a reviewer noting that listeners who liked " She's Gone" would also like the softer ballad "Sara Smile". In late 1975, "Sara Smile" was prepared as a 45 rpm 7-inch single release – the third single from the album. It first entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on January 31, 1976, at number 91. Cowritten by both halves of the duo, "Sara Smile" turned out to be Hall & Oates' breakthrough single, reaching a number 4 peak on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's Gone (Hall & Oates Song)
"She's Gone" is a song written and originally performed by the American duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. The soul ballad is included on their 1973 album, '' Abandoned Luncheonette''. It is ranked number 336 on ''Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Background The song was released as a single in 1973 and peaked at No. 60 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Nearly three years later in 1976, after Hall & Oates had moved to RCA Records and had scored the hit " Sara Smile", Atlantic Records re-released the original single under a different number (Atlantic 3332). This time, "She's Gone" was a hit, peaking at No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On the R&B chart, the song peaked at No. 93. On the ''Radio & Records'' airplay chart, the song debuted at No. 37 on the August 13, 1976 issue; after six weeks it reached a peak of No. 8, staying there for three weeks, with four weeks in the top 10 of the chart and thirteen weeks on the chart in total. The single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maneater (Hall & Oates Song)
"Maneater" is a song by American duo Hall & Oates, featured on their eleventh studio album, '' H2O'' (1982). It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on December 18, 1982. It remained in the top spot for four weeks, longer than any of the duo's five other number-one hits, including "Kiss on My List", which remained in the top spot for three weeks. Background and writing In an interview with ''American Songwriter'' in 2009, Daryl Hall recalled: John had written a prototype of "Maneater"; he was banging it around with Edgar Winter. It was like a reggae song. I said, "Well, the chords are interesting, but I think we should change the groove." I changed it to that Motown kind of groove. So we did that, and I played it for Sara Allen and sang it for her…ings"Oh here she comes / Watch out boy she'll chew you up / Oh here she comes / She's a maneater… and a…" I forget what the last line was. She said, "drop that shit at the end and go, 'She's a maneater,' and stop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 positions but was shortened to 50 positions in October 2012. The chart is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African-American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and funk, it is today dominated by contemporary R&B and hip hop. Since its inception, the chart has changed its name many times in order to accurately reflect the industry at the time. History Beginning in 1942, ''Billboard'' published a chart of bestselling African-American music, first as the Harlem Hit Parade, then as Race Records. Then in 1949, ''Billboard'' began publishing a Rhythm and Blues chart, which entered "R&B" into mainstream lexicon. These three ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" is a song by American duo Hall & Oates. Written by Daryl Hall, John Oates and Sara Allen, the song was released as the second single from their tenth studio album, '' Private Eyes'' (1981). The song became the fourth number one hit single of their career on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It features Charles DeChant on saxophone. Composition Daryl Hall sketched out the basic song one evening at a music studio in New York City, in 1981, after a recording session for the ''Private Eyes'' album. Hall started the Rock 1 setting on a Roland CompuRhythm, then began playing a bass line on a Korg organ, and sound engineer Neil Kernon recorded the result. Hall then came up with a guitar riff, which he and Oates worked on together. The next day, Hall, Oates and Sara Allen worked on the lyrics. Speaking about the meaning of the lyrics, John Oates has stated that while many listeners may assume the lyrics are about a relationship, in reality, the song, "is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
