HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DARYL HALL! Born Darrell Franklin Hohl on October 11th 1946 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He is a keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, producer and singer of rock, R&B and soul who along with singer, songwriter & guitarist John Oates form Hall and Oates. Hall scored several Billboard chart hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, and is regarded as one of the best soul singers of his generation. Guitarist Robert Fripp, who collaborated with him in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has written, Daryls pipes were a wonder. I have never worked with a more able singer. Since late 2007, he has hosted the web television series, Live From Daryls House, which in recent years has been showing on cable station Palladia(great show!). He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004 and he and John were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. His parents each had a background in music. His father was a professional singer and his mother was a vocal coach. He started recording while still a student at Owen J. Roberts High School, from which he graduated in 1965. In college at Temple University in Philadelphia, he majored in music, while continuing to record, working with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff as both an artist and a session musician. During his first semester at Temple, in the fall of 1965, he and four other white Temple University students formed the vocal harmony group the Temptones. They were popular additions to the largely black Philly soul scene, defeating both the Ambassadors and the Delfonics in a contest at the Uptown Theater. The Temptones recorded a handful of singles for Arctic Records, produced by Jimmy Bishop. While performing at the Uptown theatre, Hall formed creative affiliations with such artists as Smokey Robinson, the Temptations, and many other top soul singers of the 1960s. In 1967, he met John Oates, who was also an undergraduate 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 the Greek letters on one gangs jackets didnt 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. Daryl did not let Oatess departure discourage him from pursuing his own musical career: he dropped out of college in 1968 and worked with Tim Moore in a short-lived rock band, Gulliver, and released an album on the Elektra Records label. In 1969, Hall again began recording songs by other artists, which led to the duo signing their first record contract in early 1972. Heres Hall & Oates performing Shes Gone in 1976 on Old Grey Whistle Test.....Enjoy!
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:07:16 +0000
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