Happy Birthday Daryl Hall born October 11, 1946). He is an American, #Pop, #RnB and #soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with co-founder/guitarist/songwriter John Oates). Signed to Atlantic by Ahmet Ertegun and managed by Tommy Mottola in the early 1970s, Hall & Oates have sold more albums than any other duo in music history. Their second album, Abandoned Luncheonette, produced by Arif Mardin and released in 1973, yielded the single, Shes Gone. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Hall & Oates scored six U.S. No. 1 singles, including Rich Girl (RnB/ Soul #1 also), Kiss on My List, Private Eyes, I Cant Go for That (No Can Do) (also #1 R&B/ Soul & UK hit), Maneater(UK Hit also) and Out of Touch from their six multi-platinum albums - Bigger Than Both of Us, Voices, Private Eyes, H2O, Rock n Soul Part 1 and Big 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 Isnt So and Method of Modern Love. n 1984, he co-wrote and produced, with Arthur Baker, the single Swept Away for Diana Ross, he participated in the We Are the World session as well as closing the Live Aid show in Philadelphia. Daryl Hall has written or co-written 11 Billboard #1 songs, Shes Gone (with John Oates as covered by Tavares), Rich Girl, Kiss On My List (with Janna Allen), Private Eyes (with Sara Allen, Janna Allen & Warren Pash), I Cant Go for That (No Can Do) (with John Oates & Sara Allen), Say It Isnt So, Maneater (with John Oates & Sara Allen), Out of Touch (with John Oates), Everytime You Go Away (covered by Paul Young) and Do It For Love (with John Oates). He has released 5 solo studio albums which are all Blue eyed Soul at its best. GARY
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