Tonight at 7:30 p.m. New York metro-area public television station WLIW21 premieres Daryl Hall & John Oates – Live at the Troubadour. The special will premiere nationwide on other public television stations beginning March 2010 (check local listings). Visit wliw.org to support this broadcast. Contact your local station to request the show at pbs.org/stationfinder.
12.07.09
LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE FINDS COUNTRY COMFORT WITH NASHVILLE STAR JIMMY WAYNE, DEBUTING DEC. 15 AS DARYL AND JOHN CELEBRATE GRAMMY NOD
Daryl Hall and Wayne recreate their hit country version of “Sara Smile” and a cover of Eddie Floyd’s “Knock on Wood” for 26th and latest edition of groundbreaking web series
NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2009—Country star Jimmy Wayne’s cover version of Daryl Hall and John Oates’ 1976 hit single, “Sara Smile,” which he recorded with the duo earlier this year, is a country smash, and now serves as the centerpiece for the 26th installment of the acclaimed web series, Live From Daryl’s House, available starting Dec. 15 at www.lfdh.com. The show will be the first since Daryl Hall and John Oates received their first Grammy nomination in 25 years with a nod in the Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for “Sara Smile,” from their Live at the Troubadour album on Shout! Factory.
“My experience playing with Daryl on Live From Daryl’s House will go down in my journal as one of my all-time favorite performances, right up there with the Grand Ole Opry, Madison Square Garden and Red Rocks,” said the North Carolina-born singer-songwriter.
Wayne released his self-titled debut in 2003 on DreamWorks Nashville, which went Top 10 country and cracked the Top 100 pop, followed by 2008’s Do You Believe Me Now on the Valory Music Group label, where it peaked at #4 Country and #27 on the Pop chart. His latest album, Sara Smile, hit retail last month, with the title track his seventh Top 40 country single, as well as Daryl Hall and John Oates’ first-ever Top 40 country hit.
Featured in Wayne and Daryl’s seven-song set are versions of “Sara Smile” and “Someone Like You,” a track from Hall’s 1986 solo album, Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine, along with a cover of Eddie Floyd’s classic “Knock on Wood.” There are also four Wayne originals, including his #1 Country hit, “Do You Believe Me Now,” “Kerosene Kid,” “I’ll Never Leave You” and “I Didn’t Come Here to Lose.”
Past episodes of Live from Daryl’s House have featured a mix of well-known performers like Smokey Robinson, The Doors’ Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall, Todd Rundgren, Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, Finger Eleven’s James Black and Rick Jackett and the Bacon Brothers, along with newcomers such as Philly soul singer Mutlu, Canadian techno-rockers Chromeo, MySpace pop-rock phenom Eric Hutchinson, Cash Money rocker Kevin Rudolf, Wind-up Records’ Chicago rockers Company of Thieves, Bay Area singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson, Charlottesville, VA’s rising Parachute, Chicago rock band Plain White T’s and highly touted tunesmith Diane Birch.
Live from Daryl’s House started with Daryl’s “light-bulb moment” idea of “playing music with my friends and putting it up on the Internet,” and the show has subsequently been praised by such varied media outlets as Rolling Stone, Spin, Daily Variety, CNN, BBC, Yahoo and the influential Lefsetz Letter.
12.03.09
Daryl Hall & John Oates are nominated for a Grammy!
The best selling pop duo of all time were nominated last night in the category of Best Performance by a Pop Duo or Group for their performance of "Sara Smile" on the Live from the Troubador set! The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Jan. 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. Please join us in congratulating Daryl and John on this achievement!
11.20.09
What critics are saying!
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11.19.09
DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES TO APPEAR ON THE CLEVELAND SHOW THIS SUNDAY
The number-one selling duo in music, Daryl Hall and John Oates, are appearing as themselves on the hit comedy, THE CLEVELAND SHOW this Sunday, November 22nd at 8:30pm ET/PT.
Cleveland (Mike Henry) celebrates his first Thanksgiving with his new family, as well as his own parents, Cookie (guest voice Francis Callier) and Freight Train (guest voice Craig Robinson), and Donna’s Auntie Momma (guest voice Kym Whitley). The holiday gets complicated when Roberta (Nia Long) and Federline (guest voice Jamie Kennedy) decide to celebrate on their own and Cleveland discovers a surprising secret about Auntie Momma. Guest voices Daryl Hall & John Oates appear as an angel and a devil to help Cleveland decide if he should expose Auntie Momma’s secret.
THE CLEVELAND SHOW follows everyone’s favorite soft-spoken neighbor to his hometown in Virginia, as he settles down with his high school sweetheart, her unruly kids and his own son. The series features the voice talents of Mike Henry, Sanaa Lathan, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Kevin Michael Richardson and Seth MacFarlane, as well as Arianna Huffington and Jason Sudeikis in recurring roles. Season One guest stars include Jamie Kennedy, Taraji P. Henson, Kanye West and Fergie.
This is Daryl Hall and John Oates’ first appearance on the show, however, viewers can anticipate seeing them pop up in future episodes, as well.THE CLEVELAND SHOW is a 20th Century Fox Television production. Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel and Mike Henry are executive producers and co-creators of the series.
Check out a preview of the episode
11.17.09
HERE’S WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT ‘DO WHAT YOU WANT, BE WHAT YOU ARE: THE MUSIC OF DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
“will make fans’ dreams come true (whoo-ohh!).” --Entertainment Weekly, 10/16/09
“…this 4-CD box proves that Hall is one of the truly great soul singers and that Oates contributed more than his Andrew Ridgeley-like, ‘80s-video image suggested.” -- Spin, November 2009
“Daryl Hall and John Oates’ new 74-track assembly truly is one of the best box sets ever released. Their almost forty years of pop, Philly-inspired r&b, and rock is a very commercially and artistically successful amalgam, and no other pair in popular music – including the Carpenters and the Everly Brothers – has contributed this amount of memorable recordings to the pop vernacular.” --HuffingtonPost.com, 10/26/09
“A must for any hard-core fan. Grade: A” – Philadelphia Magazine, October 2009
“versatile songwriters, inventive producers, and innovative synthesizers of styles ranging from Philly soul to '60s folk to jazz to New Wave.” -- Washington Post Express, 10/21/09
“this is legitimate Philadelphia soul music” -- Buffalo News (NY), 10/18/09
“…proves why Hall & Oates’ fusion of soul and straight-ahead pop has survived the test of time.” -- New Haven Register (CT), 10/16/09
11.09.09
FALL OUT BOY’S PATRICK STUMP AND DARYL HALL GET THEIR GROOVE ON LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE NOV. 15
The two pair up for 25th installment of groundbreaking web series
NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2009—Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump writes most of the music for his platinum-plus Chicago rock band, but he’s also a closet R&B/soul fan who has produced tracks for fellow Windy City rapper Lupe Fiasco, and is a longtime fan of Daryl Hall’s music, which makes him the perfect guest for the 25th and latest installment of Live From Daryl’s House, available starting Nov. 15 at www.lfdh.com.
“As a musician, I can’t fathom a show more fun to play than Live From Daryl’s House,” says Stump about his experience playing with Daryl and his band, including T-Bone Wolk, on the web series.
“Patrick Stump is one soulful vocalist,” says Daryl admiringly. “I was really impressed with his grasp of R&B and it turned out we shared a love for a great deal of the same music.”
As a producer, Stump has worked with such bands as Gym Class Heroes, whose vocalist Travis McCoy is also an unabashed Daryl Hall fan and a participant in a previous Live From Daryl’s House. Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman calls him “a musical genius, a mad scientist,” while noted producer/performer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds says, “Patrick is one of the hottest dudes I’ve seen in a long time… He’s got a great voice and a tremendous amount of talent.” Fall Out Boy’s fifth album, Folie a Deux, was released last December, producing the hit singles, “I Don’t Care” and “America’s Suitehearts.”
Stump puts that great voice straight to work, joining Daryl in a seven-song set highlighted by singles “Out of Touch” and “Guessing Games,” the latter from the H2O album. Among the Fall Out Boy songs Daryl and Patrick perform are versions of “I Don’t Care,” “What a Catch, Donny” and “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” along with a cover of Jimmy Ruffin’s soul classic, “What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted.”
Past episodes of Live from Daryl’s House have featured a mix of well-known performers like Smokey Robinson, The Doors’ Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall, Todd Rundgren, Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, Finger Eleven’s James Black and Rick Jackett and the Bacon Brothers, along with newcomers such as Philly soul singer Mutlu, Canadian techno-rockers Chromeo, MySpace pop-rock phenom Eric Hutchinson, Cash Money rocker Kevin Rudolf, Wind-up Records’ Chicago rockers Company of Thieves, Bay Area singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson, Charlottesville, VA’s rising Parachute, Chicago rock band Plain White T’s and highly touted tunesmith Diane Birch.
Live from Daryl’s House started with Daryl’s “light-bulb moment” idea of “playing music with my friends and putting it up on the Internet,” and the show has subsequently been praised by such varied media outlets as Rolling Stone, Spin, Daily Variety, CNN, BBC, Yahoo and the influential Lefsetz Letter.
11.02.09
John Oates on CBS Sunday Morning
Did you catch John Oates on CBS Sunday Morning? If not, watch the video below about the 2009 Stache Bash to see John's cameo!
10.30.09
John Oates Reunites with Long Lost Mustache!
For the first time in 20 years, John Oates has reunited with his mustache in honor of St. Louis "Mustache Day." The "Mustache Day" commemoration was held at the new downtown St. Louis Culinaria in accordance with the American Mustache Institute’s annual Halloween charitable event 'Stache Bash' featuring Oates, to be held tonight at the Roberts Orpheum Theater benefiting St. Louis Challenger Baseball, a baseball league for children and adults with disabilities.
10.23.09
John Oates on Dennis Miller Radio (.com)
John Oates' was interviewed on Dennis Miller Radio (.com) on Friday, October 23rd at 11:06 am EST
Rachael Ray was upset at a recent taping of her Emmy Award-winning daytime show with guests Daryl Hall and John Oates when she learned that the biggest-selling pop duo of all time have not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The episode will air November 6.
Determined to right this egregious wrong, Rachael said "Hall and Oates has my vote!" in a call to action posted on her blog, urging fans to leave comments advocating Daryl and John's induction. In fewer than 48 hours, the makeshift petition had amassed nearly 400 testimonials, plus groundswells of support on Twitter (#hallandoatespetition) and Facebook. Check out Rachael's petition and fan comments here: http://bit.ly/2uqabU
Fueling the uproar is the success of 'Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates' (RCA/Legacy), the duo's first ever box set, which debuted at #89 on the Billboard chart this week – the third highest CD box set debut of 2009 behind the two Beatles sets – and #17 on the R&B chart.
Critics are effusively praising the "unsurprisingly excellent" (Washington Post Online) set, saying 'Do What You Want...' "will make fans' dreams come true (woo-ooh!)" (Entertainment Weekly). The Huffington Post declares that the "74-track assembly truly is one of the best box sets ever released."
You can also catch Daryl and John performing on A&E's 'Private Sessions' this Sunday morning, October 25.
Daryl and John were featured on All Things Considered on Sunday, October 18th! Click below to listen to them discuss the new Box Set, and to perform a few songs. [click here]!
10.19.09
Daryl Hall & John Oates on A&E
The Hall &Oates Private Sessions show airs on A&E on Sun 10/25/09 at 9:00am (1 hour).
The show will be repeated over the course of the year and will also have segments on the A&E website.
10.19.09
Daryl Hall & John Oates to be on the Rachael Ray Show
Friday, November 6th. Details to come. . .
10.12.09
BOX SET TEASER TRACKS AVAILABLE HERE
10.12.09
NEW SINGER-SONGWRITER SENSATION DIANE BIRCH AND DARYL HALL JOIN VOICES ON LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE OCT. 15
NEW SINGER-SONGWRITER SENSATION DIANE BIRCH AND DARYL HALL JOIN VOICES ON LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE OCT. 15
For 24th episode of acclaimed web show, Birch and Hall will team up on songs from her debut album, Bible Belt
NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2009—Singer/songwriter Diane Birch’s passion for American music, which includes everything from the delta blues to Motown, California surf music, Top 40 pop and south Philly soul, mirrors the same eclectic influences that inspired Daryl Hall, so it seemed a natural pairing to put the two together for the 24th and latest installment of Live From Daryl’s House, available starting on Oct. 15 at www.livefromdarylshouse.com.
Myspace Artist On Artist: Daryl Hall and Patrick Stump
Living legend Daryl Hall and Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump hang out by Daryl's indoor pool to chat about song-writing inspiration, how they collaborate with musicians and why only the strong survive.
Jimmy Wayne is out with a version of "Sara Smile" - the song Hall and Oates first made a smash with back in the 1970s. And the pop duo has laid down some background vocals for Wayne's cover version, making their first foray onto the country charts as a result.
[click here] to read the full online article on ABC
09.30.09
John Oates on Dennis Miller Radio (.com): POSTPONED
John Oates will be on the Dennis Miller radio show. Details to come. . .
DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES ON TV, IN PRINT, IN CONCERT AND COUNTRY HIT
As Daryl Hall and John Oates gear up for RCA/Legacy’s release of 'Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates' on October 13th, the duo is popping up everywhere with appearances on TV, in concert, in print and a very exciting debut on country radio.
*COUNTRY RADIO: Country sensation Jimmy Wayne just released a version of “Sara Smile” that is climbing up the Country Songs chart. Daryl and John, who appear on this chart for the first time in their career, recorded new background vocals for Wayne’s cover. Hall explains, “"Sara Smile" is a song that I wrote a long time ago, but it still has the same power that time has not altered. Its simple emotional message transcends all styles and formats. Jimmy's a great singer and does the song proud."
*TV: Daryl Hall and John Oates are lending their voices to the new Seth MacFarlane’s animated series 'The Cleveland Show.' Acting as the title character's conscience, Daryl will play the angel and John will play the devil resting on Cleveland’s shoulders. The show premiered this week and Daryl and John will appear in two episodes.
*BOOKS: Daryl Hall and John Oates share their inspiration and the stories behind two of their many hits - "She's Gone" and "Sara Smile" - in the upcoming book 'Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story Behind the Song' (out Nov 10th).
*LIVE: Tickets for Daryl Hall and John Oates concert on 10.23 at the Philly Spectrum, one of the final musical performances at the legendary venue, sold out within minutes of the on sale.
Taking its title from one of their earliest singles, a song that has always summed up the duo’s individual and collective philosophy of being true to themselves, 'Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates' marks the first comprehensive multi-CD, multi-label deluxe box set compilation ever assembled from their entire career’s work, four CDs containing 74 tracks (16 of them previously unreleased).
09.23.09
VOTE FOR JOHN OATES!
John Oates is up for the Nashville Music Award for "1000 Miles of Life". Please spread the word and vote here! http://tinyurl.com/mo3qkx
09.21.09
Daryl Hall & John Oates on QVC: Pre-order Box Set Now!
QVC(.com)
Daryl Hall & John Oates were on Q Sessions Live on
Monday, September 21, 2009 from 6 – 7 p.m. ET. performing some of their greatest hits while promoting their upcoming Box Set release 'Do What You Want. Be Who You Are.'
[click here] to go to QVC.com and pre-order your copy now!
With Hit In ‘(500) Days of Summer’ And Upcoming Box Set Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates (out 10/13, RCA/Legacy)
“A new generation of listeners has latched on to the exceptional songwriting and still-dazzling vocal abilities.” – Los Angeles Times, 9.2.09
Over the last few years, a resurgence has been building for Daryl Hall and John Oates as documented in this 2008 story in the LA Times by Ann Powers http://tinyurl.com/DHall-JOatesLATimes. From the success of the web TV series Live From Daryl’s House, to the dance scene in the recent film (500) Days of Summer featuring “You Make My Dreams Come True,” to constant touring including one of the last concerts at The Spectrum in Philly on Oct 23rd, and leading right up to the release of the 4 CD box set Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA/Legacy) on Oct 6th, Daryl Hall and John Oates’ relevancy in pop culture is as strong in 2009 as it’s ever been.
Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, a fan of Daryl Hall and John Oates says, “If we were to represent ’80s pop music by the ever present Linn drum synthesizer, then Hall and Oates are the ghost in the machine...the soul that broke through and gave humanity to the disjointed era of the New Romantics.” But even the fact that Stump calls the duo an influence shows that the music of Daryl Hall and John Oates lives beyond their slew of 1980s hits.
Here are other artists’ thoughts on Daryl Hall and John Oates:
“Big Bam Boom was the first record I ever bought with my own money. It’s just a great record that’s full of hits. The songwriting is incredibly spectacular. The melody and chorus on “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid” is really fantastic. The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you’re listening to the song because they’re so seamless and clever. I’ve been a huge fan of the band since I was a kid. Hall & Oates is one of the few musical groups as satisfying now as it was back then. There’s something incredibly musically satisfying about their songs. Nothing has diminished my love for them.” - Ben Gibbard, Death Cab for Cutie
“When Daryl stands in front of the keyboards he becomes the soul of all of these incredible soul singers of the past that he’d been so influenced by. Also, in addition to all the R&B solo singers he’s been influenced by, he’s been equally influenced by the melodists of our time like Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon and James Taylor. Daryl has a voice like no other. He has it all. I was lucky enough to get to sing ‘Everytime You Go Away’ onstage with Daryl. We really connected on that song. I wish that could be put out as a record. It was one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had. John is a brilliant guitarist and doesn’t get the credit he deserves. He has a wonderful voice and his musicality is just phenomenal. He doesn’t try to compete. He’s a peer, he’s an equal. The two of them together are magic. It’s very much a symbiotic relationship that works.” - Carly Simon
“Let’s put aside the influence Hall & Oates has had on me, it’s emblazoned on my hands for rest of my life for crying out loud. What’s more important is the crater they’ve left on planet MUSIC in general. They have gone above and beyond the call of duty as far as influencing any artist who cares about the craft.” -Travis McCoy, Gym Class Heroes (who has a tattoo of Daryl Hall and John Oates on his hands)
“Hall & Oates is one of the most unique duos to ever come on to the music scene. The sound of their music and the uniqueness of their arrangements totally modernized the image of the duo. I love their music.” - Smokey Robinson
“Hall & Oates are the biggest influence on our band. What makes us admire them the most is the way they combined musical risk-taking, sophisticated songwriting and innovative production techniques with an unwavering deference to soul music. They must be acknowledged as the only group who managed to fuse styles as diverse as prog, doo-wop, folk, funk and rock ’n’ roll, into inimitable, intelligent pop.” - Dave One, Chromeo
Q&A with Daryl Hall and John Oates in Sunday's Parade Magazine
CDs - Making Dreams Come True Hall & Oates, the ’80s pop duo responsible for such hits as “Maneater,” “Rich Girl,” and “ Private Eyes,” will release its first box set, Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates, on Oct. 6. We recently caught up with the pair to ask them about creating the four-disc set, which features 74 songs.
How did you choose what to include in the collection? Hall: This is our version of what we think the arc of our career represents—songs that show our growth and what we have to offer the world. We created a lot of music that was important to us as creative people but didn’t always top the charts.
How did you feel listening to your old recordings? Oates: Many times you take for granted and forget the power and intensity of your earlier work. I don’t usually listen to my music. I hear it by accident on the radio or in a store. So listening to it in chronological order was overwhelming. I thought to myself, “Whoa, I can’t believe that we did all of this.”
Contributers: Allison Takeda, Sharon Male, and Joanna Prisco
09.04.09
Review in LiveDaily.com: Daryl Hall & John Oates in Los Angeles
By Phil Gallo
With their first career-spanning box set due Oct. 6 from Sony Legacy, Daryl Hall & John Oates are using the opportunity to dig a bit deeper into one of rock's considerably deep and varied yet underappreciated catalogs. A three-song block about one-third of the way into their two-hour, 20-song set Wednesday (9/2) at the Nokia Theater drove home the point that there's much more to this duo than their era-defining hits.
3. Daryl Hall and John Oates at Nokia Theater Live, L.A.: It’s like Daryl himself explained after performing “Family Man,” chuckling to the Cougar-heavy crowd: “What was once irony is now reality.” Or, a group that used to be a guilty pleasure is finally getting its just due, proving the duo are much more than their record-shattering streak of hits in the early ’80s for RCA when they ruled the pop zeitgeist, and certainly made up the bulk of the set list for this return to L.A. after their recent Troubadour show. “Maneater,” which opened things, with Daryl and John strumming acoustic guitars on stools, before long-time sax player Charles DeChant spiked things with a solo, then joined by Oates on electric, was part of that, as was “Out of Touch,” “Adult Education,” “Say It Isn’t So,” “One on One,” “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do),” “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes” and “You Make My Dreams,” currently the centerpiece dance sequence in the cult film smash, (500) Days of Summer. With a comprehensive four-CD, 80-track set on Sony Legacy coming Oct. 6, which covers their years on Atlantic and Arista, the duo dedicated the middle of the set to some of their deep tracks, and not just the big hits like “She’s Gone,” “Sara Smile” and “Rich Girl,” but a pair of Abandoned Luncheonette selections in “When the Morning Comes,” with a bleating synthesized horn and DeChant’s piercing soprano sax, and “Las Vegas Turnaround,” incorporating a sample from Hugh Masekela’s “Grazing in the Grass." The even-more obscure “It’s Uncanny,” a single from their 1977 best-of Atlantic compilation, No Goodbyes, truly captures the pair’s roots in Philly R&B. With a band that includes lifers like T-Bone Wolk wrenching electric sounds out of his acoustic guitar, Daryl and John seem energized by the renewed interest in a generation that grew up with their music and is without prejudice about their commercial success. Hopefully, this late-career surge will translate into a renewed consideration for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. If fellow blue-eyes soulsters like Young Rascals and Blondie can be voted in, H&O more than deserve the honor, also.
08.21.09
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music Of Daryl Hall And John Oates
DO WHAT YOU WANT, BE WHAT YOU ARE:
THE MUSIC OF DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES
FIRST COMPREHENSIVE DELUXE BOX SET ON PHILLY DUO – 4 CDs SPAN 1966-2009 – 74 TRACKS INCLUDING HITS, ALBUM TRACKS, LIVE TRACKS, RARITIES & 2009 REMIX;
FEATURES 16 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS
EVERY #1 hit: “Rich Girl,” “Kiss On My List,” “Private Eyes,”
“I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do),” “Maneater,” “Out Of Touch”
EVERY Top 10 hit: “She’s Gone,” “Sara Smile,” “You Make My Dreams,”
“Did It In A Minute,” “One On One,” “Family Man,” “Say It Isn’t So,”
“Adult Education,” “Method Of Modern Love,” “Everything Your Heart Desires”
60-page full color booklet includes liner notes and track-by-track interview annotations – plus testimonials from Gamble & Huff, Carly Simon, Mick Jagger, Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), David Foster, Dave Stewart, Todd Rundgren,
Nile Rodgers, Rob Thomas, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Smokey Robinson, and many more!
Available at physical and digital retail outlets starting October 13th through RCA/Legacy
“QVC Presents the Daryl Hall and John Oates QSessions Live” launch event set for Monday, September 21st , 6:00 p.m. (ET) – 60-minute interview and live performance special, for shoppers to pre-order box set
Homecoming date set for Philly Spectrum in October – before demolition
More than four decades after they started working together, the foundations of Daryl Hall and John Oates remain firmly planted in their native Philadelphia ’60s and ’70s soul and R&B, with the spirit of Gamble & Huff, Motown, the Adelphi Ballroom, and Tower Theatre never far from their thoughts. With more than 60 million album sales under their belt, Daryl Hall and John Oates have long since surpassed the Everly Brothers and Simon & Garfunkel as the biggest-selling – and longest lived – pop duo of all time.
A hefty chunk of those sales belong to the string of hit singles that kept Daryl Hall and John Oates at the top of the pop, R&B, AC, Dance, and album rock charts during the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. There were six timeless #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 – “Rich Girl,” “Kiss On My List,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do),” “Maneater,” and “Out Of Touch.” Another two dozen reached the Top 40, ten of which made it into the Top 10, among them “She’s Gone,” “Sara Smile,” “You Make My Dreams” (soundtrack centerpiece of the new hit movie (500) Days of Summer), “Did It In A Minute,” “One On One,” “Family Man,” “Say It Isn’t So,” “Adult Education,” “Method Of Modern Love,” and “Everything Your Heart Desires.”
The lion’s share of those singles helped send more than a dozen Daryl Hall and John Oates albums to RIAA gold, platinum and multi-platinum certification, starting with 1973’s Abandoned Luncheonette, and most notably encompassing their career-defining output of the ’80s: Voices, Private Eyes, H2O, Rock ’N Soul Part 1, Big Bam Boom, and the highly praised Live At The Apollo With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick.
Taking its title from one of their earliest singles, a song that has always summed up the duo’s individual and collective philosophy of being true to themselves, DO WHAT YOU WANT, BE WHAT YOU ARE: THE MUSIC OF DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES marks the first comprehensive multi-CD, multi-label deluxe box set compilation ever assembled from their entire career’s work, four CDs containing 74 tracks (16 of them previously unreleased ). One of the most long-awaited box sets in pop music history will be available at physical and digital retail outlets starting October 6th through RCA/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
Of special interest will be the 16 previously unreleased tracks, which can be roughly divided between studio material and live performances. Highlights of the live performances include:
“Lady Rain,” “Beanie G,” “Better Watch Your Back,” “Abandoned Luncheon ette,” and “When The Morning Comes,” five tunes [all drawn from their Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) and War Babies (1974) LPs] recorded at the New Victoria Theatre in London on October 3, 1975, the first Daryl Hall and John Oates show in England, where their popularity would rival the U.S.;
“I Want Someone,” from 2008, the first audio ever released from the popular LiveFromDarylsHouse.com web series – one of the songs that bonded Daryl Hall and John Oates together back in the ’60s, when they realized that they both loved the tune, as first done by Detroit R&B vocal group the Mad Lads on Stax-Volt in 1966;
“Everytime You Go Away,” recorded 1996 in Tokyo, an explosive 10-minute version of the song that was introduced on 1980’s Voices, and became a massive #1 U.S. hit for England’s Paul Young in 1985;
“Starting All Over Again,” recorded at Tokyo’s Budokan in 1995, an evocative take on Mel & Tim’s 1973 soul standard (originally covered by Daryl Hall and John Oates in 1990, on Change Of Season);
“Do What You Want, Be What You Are,” live in 2007 (the song that gives this box set its title), originally from 1976’s Bigger Than Both Of Us;
“So Close,” a song from 1990’s Change Of Season, is heard live in 2006 in Portland, Oregon.
Along with these, it is appropriate to highlight the two tracks that are drawn from Live At The Apollo With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick. The album celebrated Daryl Hall and John Oates’ headlining show with the two late former Temptations, at the re-opening night of the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, May 1985. “Possession Obsession” was all about excess in the ’80s, from their Big Bam Boom LP the year before; and the Temps’ medley of “The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl” speaks for itself.
Among the highlights of the previously unreleased studio material are the following gems:
The original demo version of “Have You Ever Been In Love,” written by Daryl Hall, recorded by Celine Dion on A New Day Has Come (2002);
A brand new (July 2009) recording of “Dreamer,” first demo’d in 1972 (for the Whole Oats LP) but not recorded at the time, and then the demo was lost;
“Gino (The Manager) 2009 Remix,” homage to their indefatigable manager of the ’70s and ’80s, Tommy Mottola, first heard on their self-titled 1975 LP, Daryl Hall & John Oates;
Also, three outtakes from original recording sessions: “Don’t Go Out,” full of New York street life darkness and paranoia in the ’80s, from Private Eyes; “Storm Warning,” a cover of the vintage R&B song by the Volcanoes (their ’66 label-mates on Arctic Records), from 1990’s Change Of Season; and “All The Way From Philadelphia,” from 2003’s Do It For Love.
Over the course of its four CDs, DO WHAT YOU WANT spans the Daryl Hall and John Oates story from their earliest sides recorded as teenagers on Philadelphia’s indie Arctic and Crimson labels (1966-67), through their Atlantic years (1972-75), a decade at RCA (1975-85), and their final major label association with Arista (1988-90), before launching their self-owned U-Watch label in 2002. Putting it all in perspective is a full-color 60-page booklet with never-before-seen photographs and rare memorabilia, including a new 2,300-word biographical liner notes essay written by veteran music journalist Roy Trakin.
Also supplied are thoroughly extensive track-by-track annotations written by native Philly journalist and author Ken Sharp, based on in-depth interviews with Daryl Hall and John Oates. In addition to his many other credits (Elvis Presley, KISS, Cheap Trick, Rick Springfield, more) Sharp has penned liner notes for the expanded edition reissues of the Daryl Hall and John Oates albums Daryl Hall & John Oates, X-Static, Voices, Private Eyes, H2O, and Big Bam Boom.
Throughout the 60-page booklet, an impressive world-class roster of artists and producers have contributed testimonials to the talent and influence of Daryl Hall and John Oates, including: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Carly Simon, Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes), Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones), Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), David Foster (producer), Dave Stewart, Pos (De La Soul), Todd Rundgren, August Darnell (Kid Creole & The Coconuts), Otis Williams (the Temptations), Dave One (Chromeo), Nile Rodgers, Rob Thomas (matchbox twenty), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), and Smokey Robinson.
Heralding the release of DO WHAT YOU WANT, the duo will debut the box set when QVC Presents the Daryl Hall & John Oates QSessions Live broadcast on Monday, September 21st at 6:00 p.m. (ET). During the one-hour interview and live performance special, cable shoppers will be able to pre-order the box set. Daryl Hall and John Oates are scheduled to perform a selection of songs on QVC, including “Rich Girl,” “Kiss On My List,” “Maneater,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do),” “Sara Smile,” “She’s Gone,” and more. (Please check local listings.)
On October 23, Daryl Hall and John Oates will be among the final few concert acts to play farewell dates at South Philadelphia’s beloved [Wachovia] Spectrum, prior to its being demolished to make way for the new Philly Live! Complex. As always, the duo will be in the most prestigious company, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band booked for October 13-14th and 19-20th; and Leonard Cohen on October 22nd; with Pearl Jam set as the official final act, with shows on October 27-28th and 30-31st.
Indicative of Daryl Hall and John Oates’ ’80s status was the landmark year, 1984-85. Their double-platinum album Big Bam Boom was spinning off four Top 40 hits, including the #1 “Out of Touch.” Elsewhere on the charts, Hall had collaborations going with Diana Ross (“Swept Away”) and Elvis Costello (“The Only Flame In Town”), while Paul Young was headed to #1 with “Everytime You Go Away.” Daryl Hall and John Oates were on the cover of Rolling Stone and were headlining the re-opening of the Apollo Theatre with their childhood heroes David Ruffin and Eddie Kendrick of the Temptations. Daryl Hall and John Oates were spotlighted on the recordings and videos of “We Are The World” and “Sun City,” and headlined their own July 4th concert at the Statue of Liberty, drawing over 100,000 fans. A week later at the Live Aid concert at Philly’s JFK Stadium, they performed their own set (accompanied by Ruffin and Kendrick) and provided backup for Mick Jagger and Tina Turner.
The QVC and Spectrum events are just two of the high honors that continue to come Daryl Hall and John Oates’ way. In June, on the final night of the annual NARM (National Associa tion of Recording Merchandisers) convention in San Diego, Daryl Hall and John Oates received the chairman's award for sustained creative achievement. NARM president Jim Donio congratulated them “for their remarkable talents as singers, songwriters and musicians and for their inspiring creativity. Their soulful melodies have transcended four decades and crossed all demographics, and they have allowed multiple generations to enjoy their signature Rock and Soul music and appreciate their influence.”
Previous recipients of the NARM chairman's award include B.B. King, Chicago, Carlos Santana, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli and Fleetwood Mac. Clearly, Daryl Hall and John Oates are in the pantheon of popular music royalty.
DO WHAT YOU WANT, BE WHAT YOU ARE was produced by Rob Santos and Jeremy Holiday. Daryl Hall and John Oates served as executive producers.
DO WHAT YOU WANT, BE WHAT YOU ARE:
THE MUSIC OF DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES (RCA/Legacy 88697 36974 2)
Disc One Title Chart From album or detail Label Rec.___
1. Girl I Love You - single – by The Temptones Arctic 9 - 12/66
2. I Need Your Love - single – by The Masters Crimson 1966
3. Say These Words Of Love - single – by The Temptones Arctic 10/3/67
4. Perkiomen - track - c. 1970
5. I’m Sorry - Whole Oats Atlantic 5/72
6. Fall In Philadelphia - Whole Oats Atlantic 5/72
7. Waterwheel - Whole Oats Atlantic 5/72
8. Lilly (Are You Happy) - Whole Oats Atlantic 5/72
9. Had I Known You Better Then - Abandoned Luncheonette Atlantic 5/73
10. Las Vegas Turnaround - Abandoned Luncheonette Atlantic 3/73
11. She’s Gone H#7,R&B#93,AC#6 Abandoned Luncheonette Atlantic 4/73
12. You’re Much Too Soon - War Babies Atlantic 6 - 7/74
13. Is It A Star - War Babies Atlantic 6 - 7/74
14. It’s Uncanny H#80 No Goodbyes Atlantic 2/75
15. Love You Like A Brother - No Goodbyes Atlantic 2/75
16. * Lady Rain (live) - New Victoria Theatre, London - 10/3/75
17. * Beanie G. And The Rose - New Victoria Theatre, London - 10/3/75
Tattoo (live)
18. * Better Watch Your Back (live) - New Victoria Theatre, London - 10/3/75
19. * Abandoned Luncheonette (live) - New Victoria Theatre, London - 10/3/75
20. * When the Morning Comes (live) - New Victoria Theatre, London - 10/3/75
Disc Two Title Chart From album or detail Label Rec.___
1. Camellia - Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA 6 - 7/75
2. Sara Smile H#4,R&B#23,AC#18 Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA 6/75
3. Alone Too Long R&B#98 Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA 6/75
4. * Gino (The Manager) 2009 Remix - [Daryl Hall & John Oates] RCA 6 - 7/75
5. Ennui On The Mountain - Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA 6 - 7/75
6. Out Of Me, Out Of You - Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA 6 - 7/75
7. Back Together Again H#28, R&B#70 Bigger Than Both Of Us RCA 3 - 4/76
8. RICH GIRL H#1, R&B#64 Bigger Than Both Of Us RCA 3 - 4/76
9. Crazy Eyes - Bigger Than Both Of Us RCA 3 - 4/76
10. Have I Been Away Too Long - Along The Red Ledge RCA 1978
11. August Day - Along The Red Ledge RCA 1978
12. It’s A Laugh H#20 Along The Red Ledge RCA 1978
13. I Don’t Wanna Lose You H#42, AC#49 Along The Red Ledge RCA 1978
(7-inch Remix)
14. Wait For Me H#18, AC#23 X-Static RCA 1979
15. Time’s Up (Alone Tonight) - X-Static RCA 1979
16. The Woman Comes And Goes - X-Static RCA 1979
17. How Does It Feel To Be Back H#30 Voices RCA 3 - 6/80
18. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling H#12, AC#15 Voices RCA 3 - 6/80
19. KISS ON MY LIST H#1, AC#16,AR#54 Voices RCA 3 - 6/80
20. * Everytime You Go Away (live) - Tokyo, Japan U-Watch 1996
Disc Three Title Chart From album or detail Label Rec.___
1. You Make My Dreams H#5, AR#35 Voices RCA 3 - 6/80
2. PRIVATE EYES H#1,AC#33,AR#33 Private Eyes RCA 1981
3. Head Above Water - Private Eyes RCA 1980-81
4. Did It In A Minute H#9, AC#29 Private Eyes RCA 1980-81
5. Your Imagination H#33, R&B#45 Private Eyes RCA 1980-81
6. I CAN’T GO FOR THAT H#1,R&B#1,AC#12, Private Eyes RCA 1980-81
(NO CAN DO) D#1, AR#28
7. * Don’t Go Out - outtake from Private Eyes RCA 1980-81
8. MANEATER H#1,R&B#78,AC#14, H2O RCA 6 - 9/82
D#18, AR#18
9. Family Man H#6,R&B#81,AC#36 H2O RCA 6 - 9/82
10. One On One H#7,R&B#8,AC#4 H2O RCA 6 - 9/82
11. Go Solo - H2O RCA 6 - 9/82
12. Say It Isn’t So H#2,R&B#45,AC#8, Rock ’N Soul Part 1 RCA 9/83
D#1, AR#18
13. Adult Education H#8, R&B#50, D#21, Rock ’N Soul Part 1 RCA 9/83
AR#23
14. OUT OF TOUCH (single edit) H#1, R&B#24, AC#8, Big Bam Boom RCA 1984
D#1, AR#18
15. Method Of Modern Love H#5,R&B#21,AC#18, Big Bam Boom RCA 1984
D#15, AR#42
16. Some Things Are Better Left H#18,R&B#85,AC#17 Big Bam Boom RCA 1984
Unsaid
17. Possession Obsession (live) - Live At The Apollo w/David RCA 5/23/85
Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick
18. A Nite At The Apollo Live! H#20, R#B#40, Live At The Apollo w/David RCA 5/23/85
The Way You Do The AC#12, AR#43 Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick
Things You Do/My Girl
(live, single version)
Disc Four Title Chart From album or detail Label Rec.___
1. Everything Your Heart Desires H#3,R&B#13,AC#2 Ooh Yeah! Arista 1987-88
(Video Mix)
2. Missed Opportunity H#29,R&B#68,AC#8 Ooh Yeah! Arista 1987-88
3. Keep On Pushin’ Love - Ooh Yeah! Arista 1987-88
4. * Storm Warning - outtake from Change Of Season Arista 1990
5. Change Of Season - Change Of Season Arista 1990
6. * Starting All Over Again (live) - live at The Budokan, Tokyo U-Watch 1995
7. * So Close (live) - live in Portland, Oregon U-Watch 2006
8. Do It For Love AC#1 Do It For Love U-Watch 2002
9. Forever For You AC#7 Do It For Love U-Watch 2001-02
10. Heartbreak Time - Do It For Love U-Watch 2001-02
11. * All The Way From Philadelphia - outtake from Do It For Love U-Watch 2002
12. * Have You Ever Been In Love - - U-Watch c. 2002
(Demo)
13. Me And Mrs. Jones (live) - live at John Jay College, NY U-Watch 3/24/03
14. * I Want Someone (live) - from Daryl’s House web series U-Watch 2008
15. * Do What You Want, Be What - - U-Watch 2007
You Are (Live)
16. * Dreamer (’72–’09 Redux) - - U-Watch 2009
Key:
* indicates previously unreleased track
Charts:
H indicates Billboard Hot 100 chart
R&B indicates Billboard Hot Soul Singles and Hot Black Singles charts
AC indicates Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
D indicates Billboard Disco Top 100, Top 80, and Hot Dance/Disco charts
AR indicates Billboard Album Rock chart
08.07.09
HISTORIC PAIRING BETWEEN DARYL HALL AND LEGENDARY MOTOWN SINGER/SONGWRITER SMOKEY ROBINSON FEATURED ON LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE AUGUST 15
22nd edition of acclaimed web show finds Daryl and Smokey joining together on nine-song set
[click here for press release]
07.06.09
John Oates on SoulsAndSounds.com
We're James & Raina LeGarreta of Souls & Sounds Productions (Sacramento, California).
We'd interviewed John this past Thursday and the interview is now up.
A member of the American Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, John Oates’ passion for song writing was the inspiration for his new music series : “ THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS”, presented by the Wheeler Opera House and Jazz Aspen.
The idea for the show was born when John was invited to do a seminar at the legendary Berklee College of Music in Boston. That experience led to the development of his solo concert performances that have garnered rave reviews and become a “can’t miss show” for fans around the world.
He explains, “I realized that although people were very familiar with many of the songs that I have written over the years ...they had no idea about who or what was the inspiration behind them. In addition, people always seem fascinated and curious about the songwriter’s creative process.”
Taking a page from the classic “Nashville” style songwriters circle; a format in which the writers participate in sharing the stage and taking turns performing their material “ in the round”; John had the idea to host and produce this style show in his home town of Aspen Colorado. He chose the acoustically pristine and beautiful Historic Wheeler Opera House as the perfect venue for the series.
This intimate, insightful and very humorous show gives the audience a glimpse into the art and craft of the song writing process in its purest form. John explains, “Songwriters by nature are an interesting, engaging and quirky group of creative people...they absorb, refract and reflect the world, then filter it though their own emotional experiences and articulate it in the form of a song. ”
The Stories Behind the Songs
Without a band onstage and with a minimalist production, both the performers and the audience can focus on the essential elements of the song itself. The intimate, acoustic setting allows the audience to become part of the show.
John says, “ I enjoy when I can see peoples faces, their reaction gives us cues as to what they like or want to hear...in between songs we talk to each other, they talk to us...we dissolve the barrier between the listener and the stage and give them a glimpse into the world of the songwriter”.
The series kicked off during the winter of 2008 with three shows. John invited some of his favorite writers to perform along side him for the initial season. The first show, headlined by the Grammy nominated, ethereal voiced Patty Griffin and supported by roots rocker Scott Miller was a smash success. This was followed by a second show featuring another Grammy nominated artist, the effervescent Tift Merritt with fan favorite, Scotty Emerick. The final show introduced the latest country music superstar, Jimmy Wayne along with song writing legend Bob Regan.
“The Stories Behind the Songs “ will continue next winter and expand into a five part series at the Wheeler Opera House. A concert tour is being planned for this fall as well.
For more information go to: www.myspace.com/storiesbehindthesongs
04.23.09
NARM Honors Daryl Hall and John Oates For Sustained Creative Achievement
Billboard.biz
NARM To Honor Hall And Oates At Confab
April 24, 2009 - Retail
By Ed Christman, N.Y.
The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) will honor legendary musical artists Daryl Hall and John Oates with the chairman's award for sustained creative achievement at the organization's annual convention, to be held June 7-10 in San Diego.
The duo, which has hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart six times, will be presented the award on the last night of the convention.
"NARM congratulates Daryl Hall and John Oates for their remarkable talents as singers, songwriters and musicians and for their inspiring creativity," NARM President Jim Donio says. "Their soulful melodies have transcended four decades and crossed all demographics, and they have allowed multiple generations to enjoy their signature Rock and Soul music and appreciate their influence."
Previous recipients of the NARM chairman's award include B.B. King, Chicago, Carlos Santana, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli and Fleetwood Mac.
09.15.08
Hall & Oates number 15 in Billboard's Hot 100 most successful artist list
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Billboard has compiled a list of the most successful Billboard Hot 100 chart artists from the past 50 years. Hall & Oates are listed at Number 15!
From Billboard.com:
The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists
The definitive list of the Hot 100's top 100 artists, based on all charting titles from August 1958 through July 2008.
How were Billboard's 50th Anniversary Hot 100 song and artist charts determined? Read the FAQ.
01. The Beatles
02. Madonna
03. Elton John
04. Elvis Presley
05. Stevie Wonder
06. Mariah Carey
07. Janet Jackson
08. Michael Jackson
09. Whitney Houston
10. The Rolling Stones
11. Paul Macca/Wings
12. Bee Gees
13. Chicago
14. The Supremes 15. Daryl Hall & John Oates
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