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| Birth name | Daryl Franklin Hohl |
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| Born | (1946-10-11)October 11, 1946 (age 78) Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1965–present |
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| Website | darylhall |
Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), known professionally asDaryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer. He is best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist ofHall & Oates, with guitarist and songwriterJohn Oates. Outside of his work in Hall & Oates, he has also released six solo albums, including the 1980progressive rock collaboration with guitaristRobert Fripp titledSacred Songs and the 1986 albumThree Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine, which provided his best selling single, "Dreamtime", that peaked at number five on theBillboard Hot 100. He has also collaborated on numerous works by other artists, such as Fripp's 1979 releaseExposure, andDusty Springfield's 1995 albumA Very Fine Love, which produced a UK Top 40 hit with "Wherever Would I Be". Since late 2007, he has hosted thestreaming television seriesLive from Daryl's House, in which he performs alongside other artists, doing a mix of songs from each's catalog. The show has been rebroadcast on a number of cable and satellite channels as well.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Hall scored numerousBillboard chart hits and is regarded as one of the best soul singers of his generation.[1] Fripp, who worked with Hall several times, has written, "Daryl's pipes were a wonder. I have never worked with a more able singer."[2] He was inducted into theSongwriters Hall of Fame in 2004 and theRock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014.[3][4] On November 1, 2023, his TV series (Live from Daryl's House) returned onHall's YouTube channel with an episode featuringSqueeze singer/songwriterGlenn Tilbrook. The new batch of episodes also featuredBlackberry Smoke singer/guitaristCharlie Starr,King Crimson guitarist and Daryl Hall solo album producerRobert Fripp,Lisa Loeb andHoward Jones.[5]
Hall was born on October 11, 1946, inPottstown, aPennsylvaniaborough 40 miles (64 km) fromPhiladelphia; his family is of German descent.[6] Both of his parents had a background in music; his father came from a choral-group clan and his mother was a vocal coach.[7] He began recording music while a student atOwen J. Roberts High School, from which he graduated in 1964.
At college atTemple University inPhiladelphia, he majored in music, while continuing to record. He worked withKenny Gamble andLeon Huff as both an artist and asession musician. During his first semester at Temple, in the fall of 1965, he and four other Temple University students formed thevocal harmony group the Temptones.
They were popular additions to the largely black Philly soul scene, defeating both The Ambassadors andThe Delfonics in a contest at theUptown Theater.[8] The Temptones recorded a handful of singles for Arctic Records, produced by Jimmy Bishop. While performing at the Uptown Theater, Hall formed creative affiliations with artists includingSmokey Robinson,the Temptations, and many other top soul singers of the 1960s.
In 1967, Hall metJohn Oates, who was also anundergraduate at Temple University. According to Daryl Hall, they met when "We got in the middle of a fight at a dance–I have no idea what the fight was about. I guess theGreek letters on one gang's jackets didn't appeal to the other gang. We both beat it out the back and met on the elevator while leaving the place rather quickly." Hall was by then a senior while Oates was a freshman. They played together until Oates transferred to a different school at age 19. Hall did not let Oates' departure discourage him from pursuing his own musical career: he dropped out of college in 1968 and worked withTim Moore in a short-lived rock band, Gulliver, and released an album on theElektra Records label. He was a member of the studio group behind the projectElectric Indian whose song "Keem-O-Sabe" became a big hit in 1969. In 1969 Hall again began recording songs by other artists, which led to the duo Hall & Oates signing their first record contract in early 1972.
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Signed toAtlantic byAhmet Ertegun and managed byTommy Mottola in the early 1970s,Daryl Hall and John Oates have sold more albums than any other duo in music history.[9] Their second album,Abandoned Luncheonette, produced byArif Mardin and released in 1973, yielded the single "She's Gone", which went to No. 7 in the U.S. Top 10 on re-release in 1976 after reaching No. 1 on the R&B charts when it was covered byTavares. The duo recorded one more album for Atlantic,War Babies (produced byTodd Rundgren), before they were dropped and promptly signed byRCA Records. During their tenure at RCA, the duo catapulted to international superstardom[citation needed].
From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Daryl Hall and John Oates scored six U.S. No. 1 singles, including "Rich Girl" (also No. 1 R&B), "Kiss on My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (also No. 1 R&B), "Maneater" and "Out of Touch" from their six multi-platinum albums –Bigger Than Both of Us,Voices,Private Eyes,H2O,Rock 'n Soul Part 1 andBig Bam Boom – the last five of which were released consecutively. The era also produced an additional six U.S. Top 10 singles, "Sara Smile", "One on One", "Family Man", "You Make My Dreams", "Say It Isn't So" and "Method of Modern Love".
In 1972, Daryl Hall and John Oates opened forDavid Bowie, who was performing in his first tour of the United States as his stage personaZiggy Stardust.[citation needed]The duo were inducted into theRock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.[10]
In November 2023, Daryl Hall sued John Oates and filed a temporary restraining order against him, for initially undisclosed reasons.[11] The following week, Hall filed a declaration accusing Oates of "the ultimate partnership betrayal" for planning to sell his share of the duo's publishing toPrimary Wave Music. Oates responded that Hall's statements were "inflammatory, outlandish, and inaccurate".[12]
In addition to his work with Oates, Hall recorded music as a solo artist as well as recording withRobert Fripp in the late 1970s, working on Fripp's critically praisedExposure album from 1979. In 1977 Fripp produced and performed on Hall's debut solo album, the much-acclaimedSacred Songs. This album was released in 1980.
In 1984 Hall co-wrote and produced, withArthur Baker, the single "Swept Away" forDiana Ross, which reached US No. 19, US R & B No. 3 and US Dance/Club Play No. 1. In 1985 he performed two songs during the firstFarm Aid concert inChampaign, Illinois.[13] Hall participated in theWe Are the World session as well as closing theLive Aid show in Philadelphia. He also made an album withDave Stewart that year,Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine, which yielded his #5 solo single "Dreamtime". He has recorded solo works likeSoul Alone in 1993 andCan't Stop Dreaming in 1996, both of which were received well internationally. In 1994 composed "Gloryland" that wasofficial album of the1994 FIFA World Cup.
In 2007 Hall guest-starred on theHBO seriesFlight of the Conchords, playing an MC of a "world music" festival.[citation needed] On March 12, 2008, he played a well-received set with his band at theSouth by Southwest festival inAustin, Texas.[14]
Hall was slated to sing theNational Anthem of the United States before Game 5 of the2008 World Series at Philadelphia'sCitizens Bank Park but, due to an illness, could not appear, and Oates sang it instead.[15] In 2009, Hall guest starred as himself on theIndependent Film Channel series,Z-Rock.
In 2010 Hall was back in the studio working on a solo recording with bassist and musical directorT-Bone Wolk. Wolk died of a heart attack on February 28, 2010, hours after completing a session with Hall. Hall released a statement about the death of his bassist of nearly 30 years: "It's not if I will go on, but how? T-Bone was one of the most sensitive and good human beings that I have ever known."[16]
On June 11, 2010, Hall shared the stage with electronic duoChromeo for a special late night set at theBonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Their set consisted of a mix of both Hall & Oates and Chromeo tracks.[citation needed]
On September 27, 2011, Hall released the albumLaughing Down Crying on Verve Records.
On August 12, 2011, UKElectronic duoNero released their debut albumWelcome Reality, which features guest vocals by Hall on the track "Reaching Out", which also samples Hall & Oates' 1980s hit "Out of Touch". "Reaching Out" was released as the sixth single on December 6, 2011.[citation needed]
Hall restores and preserves historic homes in both the United States and England. In 2008, he purchased the 18th centuryBray House, inKittery Point, Maine[17] and is in the process of restoring it.[18] He also restored aGeorgian-style home in London, first built in 1740, with direct waterfront access to theRiver Thames. He purchased two homes nearHartford, Connecticut–one built in 1771, the other in 1780–and had them moved to the same property in New York'sDutchess County where they were combined and restored.[19] After having the houses moved, he discovered that both homes were coincidentally connected to the same family.[19] He has a home inCharleston, South Carolina.
Hall hosted the 2014 television showDaryl's Restoration Over-Hall on theDIY Network, which showed him and a crew working on restoring one of his homes inConnecticut.[20]
Since 2007, Hall has hosted the online show/webcastLive from Daryl's House, which features live music acts in a podcast/videocast first from his home inMillerton, New York, and more recently from his club Daryl's House inPawling, New York. The webcast has featured appearances byBen Folds,Johnny Rzeznik,CeeLo Green,The O'Jays,Smokey Robinson,KT Tunstall,Joe Walsh,Rob Thomas,Todd Rundgren,Darius Rucker,Eric Hutchinson,Cheap Trick,Aaron Neville,Chuck Prophet,Travie McCoy,Ray Manzarek,Robbie Krieger ofThe Doors, and many others as well as a holiday special featuringShelby Lynne and songs from the Hall and Oates releaseHome for Christmas.
In a June 2008 interview withBlues & Soul magazine, Hall said of the webcast, "For me it was sort of an obvious thing. I've been touring my whole adult life really, and, you know, you can't be EVERYWHERE! Nor do I WANT to be everywhere at this point! I only like to spend so much time per year on the road. So I thought 'Why don't I just do something where anyone who wants to see me anywhere in the world CAN?! And, instead of doing the artist/audience performance-type thing, I wanted to deconstruct it and make the audience more of a fly-on-the-wall kind of observer... I mean, what I've always done onstage is very natural. I talk to the audience and it's a very sitting-roomy kind of thing. So I just thought I'd basically bring that to the web."[21]
Hall hostedWGN America's 2010 New Year's Eve coverage as aLive from Daryl's House special. The special featured clips of previous episodes.Steve Dahl, a Chicago radio host, praised the special as the best New Year's Eve special on television for 2010–11, though he criticized the show's lack of a live countdown to midnight.[22]
In July 2018, BMG partnered with Hall andJonathan Wolfson to secure worldwide rights forLive from Daryl's House and will begin producing new segments beginning that fall, the company announced. The agreement includes worldwide rights to the complete run of 82 episodes filmed from 2007 to 2016, and the company is seeking distribution partners for the new episodes.
On November 1, 2023, his TV series (Live from Daryl's House) returned onHall's YouTube channel with a new episode featuringSqueeze singer/songwriterGlenn Tilbrook. The new batch of episodes also featuredBlackberry Smoke singer/guitaristCharlie Starr,King Crimson guitarist and Daryl Hall solo album producerRobert Fripp,Lisa Loeb andHoward Jones.[23]
Hall was married to Bryna Lublin from 1969 to 1972. Heconverted to Lublin's religion, Judaism, in order to marry her. He has not actively participated in religion since that time but he said that he feels more of a connection to Judaism than to his original affiliation,Methodism.[24] While Hall admits to having had a passing interest in the ideas of English occultist, ceremonial magician, artist, and writerAleister Crowley, he does not considerThelema (Crowley's religion) to be his faith.[25]
Hall had a nearly 30-year relationship with songwriterSara Allen. She was the inspiration for the song "Sara Smile"[26] and a frequent collaborator with Hall & Oates. They broke up in 2001 for undisclosed reasons and were never married but have remained friends (Allen briefly appears in a May 2016 episode ofLive from Daryl's House). According to interviews with Hall and Allen in the VH1Behind the Music documentary about Hall & Oates, their breakup was partially due to the death ofJanna Allen at age 36 fromleukemia. Janna Allen was a close musical collaborator and Sara Allen's sister.
Hall has one biological child named Darren with Andrea Zabloski who is fromDuluth, Minnesota. According to Hall, he and his son are not close.[27][28]
Hall was married to Amanda Aspinall, daughter of English gambling mogulJohn Aspinall, from 2009 to 2015. Aspinall had two children from a previous relationship; her daughter March sang backing vocals on songs "Save Me", "Message to Ya", and "Eyes for You" on Hall's 2011 album,Laughing Down Crying.[29] Amanda Aspinall died in January 2019.[30]
Hall contractedLyme disease in 2005.[31]
Daryl Hall and John Oates had six No. 1 hits on theBillboard Hot 100 chart from 1977 to 1984; they were written or co-written by Hall: "Rich Girl", "Kiss on My List" (which Hall wrote withJanna Allen), "Private Eyes" (with Sara Allen, Janna Allen & Warren Pash), "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (with John Oates & Sara Allen), "Maneater" (with John Oates & Sara Allen), and "Out of Touch" (with John Oates).
"Do It For Love" (written with John Oates) and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (by Edmund Hamilton Sears & Richard Storrs Willis) topped the U.S. Adult Contemporary charts. "Everytime You Go Away", written by Hall and featured on the Hall & Oates albumVoices, reached No. 1 in the US and Canada in 1985 when covered byPaul Young.
The Daryl Hall and John Oates song "She's Gone", which Hall and Oates co-wrote, reached No. 1 on theBillboardHot Soul Singles chart when covered byTavares in 1974. Hall sang lead vocals on, and wrote or co-wrote, nine more popularBillboard songs that also made the Top 10: "Say It Isn't So", "Adult Education" (with John Oates & Sara Allen), "Sara Smile" (with John Oates – a song that refers to Hall's then-girlfriend), "Method of Modern Love" (with Janna Allen), "You Make My Dreams" (with John Oates & Sara Allen), "Everything Your Heart Desires", "One on One", "Did It in a Minute" (with Sara Allen & Janna Allen), and "So Close" (withGeorge Green).
Hall has also had hits that were cover versions, including reaching No. 12 with his 1980 rendition ofThe Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"
| Title | Year |
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| Whole Oats | 1972 |
| Abandoned Luncheonette | 1973 |
| War Babies | 1974 |
| Daryl Hall & John Oates | 1975 |
| Bigger Than Both of Us | 1976 |
| Beauty on a Back Street | 1977 |
| Along the Red Ledge | 1978 |
| X-Static | 1979 |
| Voices | 1980 |
| Private Eyes | 1981 |
| H2O | 1982 |
| Big Bam Boom | 1984 |
| Ooh Yeah! | 1988 |
| Change of Season | 1990 |
| Marigold Sky | 1997 |
| Do It for Love | 2003 |
| Our Kind of Soul | 2004 |
| Home for Christmas | 2006 |
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Livetime | 1978 |
| Sweet Soul Music | 1984 |
| Live at the Apollo (withDavid Ruffin andEddie Kendrick) | 1985 |
| Sara Smile | 1995 |
| Live! | 1998 |
| Limited Edition | 2001 |
| Ecstasy on the Edge | |
| Greatest Hits Live | |
| Live in Concert | 2003 |
| Live at the Troubadour | 2008 |
| Live in Dublin | 2015 |
| Title | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Goodnight and Good Morning" (as Whole Oats) | Whole Oats | 1972 |
| "I'm Sorry" | 1973 | |
| "She's Gone" | Abandoned Luncheonette | |
| "When the Morning Comes" | 1974 | |
| "Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)" | War Babies | |
| "Camellia" | Daryl Hall & John Oates | 1975 |
| "Alone Too Long" | ||
| "Sara Smile" | 1976 | |
| "She's Gone" (re-release) | Abandoned Luncheonette | |
| "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" | Bigger Than Both of Us | |
| "Rich Girl" | 1977 | |
| "Back Together Again" | ||
| "It's Uncanny" | No Goodbyes | |
| "Why Do Lovers (Break Each Other's Heart?)" | Beauty on a Back Street | |
| "Don't Change" | ||
| "It's a Laugh" | Along the Red Ledge | 1978 |
| "I Don't Wanna Lose You" | ||
| "Wait for Me" | X-Static | 1979 |
| "Portable Radio" | ||
| "Who Said the World Was Fair" | 1980 | |
| "Running from Paradise" | ||
| "How Does It Feel to Be Back" | Voices | |
| "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" | ||
| "Kiss on My List" | 1981 | |
| "You Make My Dreams" | ||
| "Private Eyes" | Private Eyes | |
| "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" | ||
| "Did It in a Minute" | 1982 | |
| "Your Imagination" | ||
| "Maneater" | H2O | |
| "One on One" | 1983 | |
| "Family Man" | ||
| "Italian Girls" | ||
| "Jingle Bell Rock" | non-album single | |
| "Say It Isn't So" | Rock 'n' Soul: Part 1 | |
| "Adult Education" | 1984 | |
| "Out of Touch" | Big Bam Boom | |
| "Method of Modern Love" | 1985 | |
| "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" | ||
| "Possession Obsession" | ||
| "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl"(withDavid Ruffin andEddie Kendricks) | Live at the Apollo | |
| "Everything Your Heart Desires" | Ooh Yeah! | 1988 |
| "Missed Opportunity" | ||
| "Downtown Life" | ||
| "Talking All Night" | ||
| "Love Train" | Earth Girls Are Easy (soundtrack) | 1989 |
| "So Close" | Change of Season | 1990 |
| "Don't Hold Back Your Love" | 1991 | |
| "Everywhere I Look" | ||
| "Starting All Over Again" | ||
| "Promise Ain't Enough" | Marigold Sky | 1997 |
| "Romeo Is Bleeding" | 1998 | |
| "The Sky Is Falling" | ||
| "Hold On to Yourself" | ||
| "Throw the Roses Away" | ||
| "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (remix) | The Essential Collection | 2001 |
| "Private Eyes" (re-release) | 2002 | |
| "Do It for Love" | Do It for Love | |
| "Forever for You" | ||
| "Man on a Mission" | 2003 | |
| "Someday We'll Know" (withTodd Rundgren) | ||
| "Intuition" | ||
| "Getaway Car" | ||
| "I'll Be Around" | Our Kind of Soul | 2004 |
| "Without You" | ||
| "I Can Dream About You" | 2005 | |
| "Ooh Child" | ||
| "Let Love Take Control" | ||
| "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" | Home for Christmas | 2006 |
| "Home for Christmas" | ||
| "Take Christmas Back" | non-album singles | 2007 |
| "Philly Forget Me Not" (withTrain) | 2018 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
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| US [32] | AUS [33] | CAN [34] | GER [35] | NL [36] | SWE [37] | UK [38] | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | Sacred Songs
| 58 | — | 93 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1986 | Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
| 29 | 42 | 30 | 43 | 42 | 12 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Soul Alone
| 177 | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | Can't Stop Dreaming | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Laughing Down Crying
| 142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2024 | D
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or not released to that country | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [39] | US AC [40] | US Dance [41] | US R&B [42] | AUS [33] | GER [43] | NL [36] | NZ [44] | SWI [45] | UK [38] | |||||
| 1980 | "Sacred Songs" b/w "Something in 4/4 Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sacred Songs | ||
| 1986 | "Dreamtime" | 5 | 24 | 36 | — | 28 | 53 | 30 | — | — | 28 | Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine | ||
| "Foolish Pride" | 33 | 21 | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Wasn't Born Yesterday" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | ||||
| "Someone like You" | 57 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | "I'm in a Philly Mood" | 82 | 36 | — | — | — | 71 | — | 39 | — | 52 | Soul Alone | ||
| "Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You" | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | 30 | ||||
| 1994 | "Send Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Revelation" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Help Me Find a Way to Your Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | ||||
| "Wildfire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 | ||||
| "Gloryland"(withSounds of Blackness) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 36 | Gloryland (World Cup USA 94) | |||
| 1995 | "Wherever Would I Be"(withDusty Springfield) | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | 44 | A Very Fine Love | ||
| 1996 | "Ghetto Smile"(B-Legit feat Daryl Hall) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 159 | The Hemp Museum &Dangerous Ground OST | ||
| "Justify" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Can't Stop Dreaming | |||
| 1997 | "Can't Stop Dreaming" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "What's in Your World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | "Cab Driver" | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2004 | "She's Gone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "What's in Your World"[US release] | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | "Talking to You (Is like Talking to Myself)" | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laughing Down Crying | ||
| "Eyes for You" | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lifetime of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2024 | "Can't Say No to You" | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | D | ||
| "Walking in Between Raindrops" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Whole World's Better" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Country | ||||
| 1984 | "The Only Flame in Town" | Elvis Costello | 56 | — | Goodbye Cruel World |
| 2009 | "Sara Smile" | Jimmy Wayne | — | 31 | Sara Smile |
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Love Train" | Earth Girls Are Easy (Soundtrack) |
| 1991 | "Philadelphia Freedom" | Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin |
| 1999 | "And That's What Hurts" | Runaway Bride (Music from the Motion Picture) |
