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John Oates was born in New York City on this date in 1948. The celebrated singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is most famous for being one half of the legendary duo,
Hall & Oates, along with Daryl Hall. Oates had a hand in writing a number of Hall & Oates’ Top 10 hits including “Sara Smile,” “She’s Gone,” “Out of Touch,” “You Make My Dreams”, “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” “Maneater” and more.
While Oates already had a single, “I Need Your Love,” with his band The Masters under his belt by the time he was 18, the dangerously fortuitous meeting between Daryl Hall and John Oates took place while both were attending Temple University in Philadelphia. As Daryl Hall tells the story, Oates’ The Masters and Hall’s The Temptones were playing a battle of the bands in 1967 at the Adelphi Ballroom in Philadelphia. Gunfire rang out between rival gangs and the two musicians took shelter together in a service elevator.
Diving into those immortal hits.
Even after all this time the majesty of
Daryl Hall and
John Oates has yet to dim.
The pair s deft fusion of rock, pop, and (especially) soul resulted in astronomical success, up-ending the music industry in the process.
New generations are uncovering the duo s work, with their single You Make My Dreams Come True enjoying perennial success.
Recently smashing through the billion stream barrier, it s clear that Daryl Hall and John Oates are capable of reaching new audiences with each passing day.
Clash linked up Daryl Hall with super-fan (and super-producer)
Mark Ronson for Personality Clash, and the two picked apart those golden hits.