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Hall And Oates

Author: BENSON CARL

Hall And Oates A popular blue-eyed soul duo, vocalist Daryl Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11 Oct 1948), and vocalist/guitarist John Oates (New York City, 7 Apr 1949), were one of the most popular acts of the 1970s and 1980s, surpassing the Everly Brothers in number one chart hits. They met in 1967 at a “battle of the bands” in Philadelphia when both were students at Temple University. Hall formed a group called Gulliver that made one album for Elektra Records in 1969; Oates subsequently…

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