  Daryl Hall & John Oates
formed in 1972 and will always be remembered
for dominating the charts in the 80s with
their trademark 'Philly Soul' sound.
Hall & Oates released their
debut LP Whole
Oates with the single "I'm
Sorry."
 Hall & Oates released Abandoned
Luncheonette which contained their first Top
40 hit "She's Gone."
Hall & Oates released the
Todd Rundgren-produced War
Babies.
 Hall & Oates released Daryl
Hall & John Oates with the hit
"Sara Smile."
Hall & Oates released Bigger
Than Both Of Us which contained their first #1
song, "Rich Girl."
The single "Sara
Smile" was certified gold.
 Abandoned
Luncheonette was certified gold.
Bigger
Than Both Of Us was certified gold.
Daryl
Hall & John Oates was certified
gold.
The single "Rich Girl"
was certified gold.
 Hall & Oates released Beauty
On A Back Street.
Beauty
On A Back Street was certified gold.
The live LP Livetime was released.
 Hall & Oates released Along
The Red Ledge.
Along
The Red Ledge was certified gold.
 Hall & Oates released X-Static.
 # 35
Singles Artist of the Year
Hall & Oates released Voices which contained the
hits "Kiss On My Life," "You Make My Dreams," "How Does It Feel To Be
Back,"
and their remake of "You've Lost That Lovin'
Feeling."
The LP also contained the song
"Everytime You Go Away" which Paul
Young later topped the charts with.
 Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "How Does It Feel To Be
Back."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "You've Lost That Lovin'
Feeling."
 Daryl Hall released Sacred
Songs.
 # 1
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Band/Duo/Group of the Year)
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Kiss On My List."
 Hall & Oates hit the Top 10 with "Kiss On My List."
Hall & Oates hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Kiss On My List."
Voices was certified gold and
the single "Kiss On My List" was certified
gold.
 Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "You Make My Dreams."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 10 with "You Make My Dreams."
 Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Private Eyes."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 10 with "Private Eyes."
 Private
Eyes was certified gold.
Hall & Oates hit #1 for a week with "Private Eyes."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "I Can't Go For That (No
Can Do)."
Private
Eyes was certified platinum.
Hall & Oates hit
the Top 10 with "I Can't Go For That (No
Can Do)."
Hall & Oates topped the Billboard 1981
Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Pop Singles
Artist - Duos/Group.
 # 1
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Band/Duo/Group of the Year)
 Hall & Oates hit #1 for 3 weeks with "I Can't Go For That (No
Can Do)."
The single "I Can't Go For That (No
Can Do)"
was certified gold.
Voices was certified
platinum.
 Hall & Oates were nominated
for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group (Private
Eyes).
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Did It In A Minute."
 Hall & Oates hit the Top 10 with "Did It In A Minute."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Your Imagination."
Hall & Oates released H20.
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
and Top 10 with "Maneater."
 H20 was certified
platinum.
Hall & Oates hit #1 for 4 weeks with "Maneater."
 # 2
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Group/Duo of the Year)
 The single "Maneater" was certified
gold.
Hall & Oates won an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or
Group.
Hall & Oates were nominated
for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Maneater").
 Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "One On One."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 10 with "One On One."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Family Man."
 Hall & Oates hit the Top 10 with "Family Man."
Hall & Oates released the
hits collection Rock
'N Soul, Part 1 with 2 new tracks, "Say It Isn't So" and "Adult Education."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Say It Isn't So."
 Hall & Oates hit the Top 10 with "Say It Isn't So."
Rock
'N Soul, Part 1 was certified platinum.
Hall & Oates hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Say It
Isn't So."
 # 12
Singles Artist of the Year
Hall & Oates won an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or
Group.
 Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Adult Education."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 10 with "Adult Education."
Hall & Oates released Big
Bam Boom with the hits "Out Of
Touch," "Method Of Modern
Love," "Possession Obsession,"
and "Some Things Are Better Left
Unsaid."
 Hall & Oates hit #1 for 2
weeks with "Out Of Touch."
Big
Bam Boom was certified platinum.
Hall & Oates hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"Out Of Touch."
 Hall & Oates won an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or
Group.
The live LP Live
At The Apollo With David Ruffin & Eddie
Kendrick was released.
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Some Things Are Better
Left Unsaid."
 H20, Big
Bam Boom, and Rock
'N Soul, Part 1 were certified 2x platinum.
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Possession Obsession."
Live
At The Apollo With David Ruffin & Eddie
Kendrick was certified gold.
 Daryl
Hall: # 57
Singles Artist of the Year
 Hall & Oates were nominated
for 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("The Way You Do
The Things You Do / My Girl" with David
Ruffin and Eddie Kendrick)
and Best Music Video, Short
Form (The
Daryl Hall & John Oates Video Collection
- 7 Big Ones).
Daryl Hall released Three
Hearts In The Happy Ending Machine.
 # 37
Singles Artist of the Year
 Hall & Oates released Ooh
Yeah! which contained the
hits "Everything Your Heart
Desires" and "Missed
Opportunity."
Ooh
Yeah! was certified gold.
Ooh
Yeah! was certified
platinum.
 # 90
Singles Artist of the Year
 Hall & Oates released Change
Of Season which contained the hits "So Close" and "Don't Hold Back Your
Love."
Hall & Oates hit the Top 10 with "So Close."
 # 192
Singles Artist of the Year
Hall & Oates hit the Top 40
with "Don't Hold Back Your
Love."
 Change
Of Season was certified gold.
Daryl Hall released Soul
Alone.
A collection of early recordings
was released as the The
Atlantic Collection.
 Hall &
Oates released Marigold
Sky.
 .
. The hits
compilation The
Very Best Of Daryl Hall & John Oates was released.
 .
.
 VH1
Behind The Music: The Daryl Hall & John
Oates Collection was released.
. John Oates released Phunk
Shui.
Abandoned
Luncheonette was certified platinum.
 .
 Do
It For Love was released.
Daryl Hall released Can't
Stop Dreaming.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years included "I Can't Go For That (No
Can Do)"
at # 74.
 The collection Ultimate
Daryl Hall & John Oates was released.
Hall & Oates released Our
Kind Of Soul.
# 8 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Hall & Oates had to postpone
sever tour dates after Daryl Hall was
diagnosed with Lyme disease.
 Hall & Oates could be heard
on B.B. King's LP 80 with the track
"Ain't Nobody Home."
The
Philadelphia Years was released.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "I Can't Go For That (No
Can Do)"
at # 6.
Hall & Oates released the
holiday LP Home
For Christmas.
 The CD/DVD Live
At The Troubadour was released.
The box set Do
What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music Of
Daryl Hall & John Oates was released.
Hall & Oates were nominated
for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group (the live version of "Sara
Smile").
Hall released the solo LP Laughing
Down Crying.
- April 10: Hall & Oates
were inducted into the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame.
- November 16: Hall was issued a
temporary restraining order against Oates
in order to stop sale of a Hall &
Oates business parternship without Hall's
permission. In arbitration, Hall accused
Oates of blindsiding and betraying him.
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Whole Oates
Released: 1972
Tracks: "I'm
Sorry" - "All Our Love" -
"Georgia" - "Fall In
Philadelphia" -
"Waterwheel" -
"Lazyman" - "Goodnight And
Goodmorning" - "They Needed
Each Other" - "Southeast City
Window" - "Thank You
For..." - "Lilly (Are You
Happy)" |
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Abandoned Luncheonette
Released: 1973
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 33
Tracks: "When The
Morning Comes" - "Had I Known
Better Then" - "Las Vegas
Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)" -
"She's Gone" - "I'm Just A
Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man)"
- "Abandoned Luncheonette" -
"Lady Rain" - "Laughing
Boy" - "Everytime I Look At
You" |
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War Babies
Released: 1974
Billboard
peak:
# 86
Tracks: "Can't Stop
The Music (He Played It Much Too
Long)" - "Is It A Star" -
"Beane G. And The Rose Tattoo"
- "You're Much Too Soon" -
"70's Scenario" - "War
Baby Son Of Zorro" - "I'm
Watching You (A Mutant Romance)" -
"Better Watch Your Back" -
"Screaming Through December" -
"Johnny Gore And The Eaters" |
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Daryl Hall & John
Oates
Released: September, 1975
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 17
Tracks:
"Camellia" - "Sara
Smile" - "Alone Too Long"
- "Out Of Me, Out Of You" -
"Nothing At All" - "Gino
(The Manager)" - "It Doesn't
Matter Anymore" - "Ennui On The
Mountain" - "Grounds For
Separation" - "Soldiering"
- "What's Important To Me"
(demo)_ - "Ice" (demo) |
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Bigger Than Both Of Us
Released: 1976
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Tracks: "Back
Together Again" - "Crazy
Eyes" - "London Luck &
Love" - "You'll Never
Learn" - "Room To Breathe"
- "Do What You Want, Be What You
Are" - "Kerry" -
"Rich Girl" -
"Falling" |
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No Goodbyes
Released: 1977
Billboard
peak:
# 92
Tracks: "It's
Uncanny" - "I Want To Know You
For A Long Time" - "When The
Morning Comes" - "Love You Like
A Brother" - "Lilly" -
"She's Gone" - "Las Vegas
Turnaround" - "Can't Stop The
Music" - "Beanie G And The Rose
Tattoo" - "70's Scenario" |
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Beauty On A Back Street
Released: 1977
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 30
Tracks: "Don't
Change" - "Why Do Lovers Break
Each Other's Heart?" - "You
Must Be Good For Something" -
"Emptiness" - "Bad Habits
And Infections" - "Bigger Than
Both Of Us" - "Love Hurts (Love
Heals)" - "Winged Bull" -
"Girl Who Use To Be" |
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Livetime
Released: 1978
Billboard
peak:
# 42
Live Tracks: "Rich
Girl" - "Emptyness" -
"Do What You Want, Be What You
Are" - "I'm Just A Kid (Don't
Make Me Feel Like A Man)" -
"Sara Smile" - "Abandoned
Luncheonette" - "Room To
Breathe" |
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Along The Red Ledge
Released: September, 1978
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 27
Tracks: "It's A
Laugh" - "Melody For A
Memory" - "The Last Time"
- "I Don't Wanna Lose You" -
"Have I Been Away Too Long" -
"Alley Katz" - "Don't
Blame It On Love" - "Serious
Music" - "Pleasure Beach"
- "August Day" |
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X-Static
Released: 1979
Billboard
peak:
# 33
Tracks: "Woman Comes
And Goes" - "Wait For Me"
- "Portable Radio" - "All
You Want Is Heaven" - "Who Said
The World Was Fair" - "Running
From Paradise" - "Number
One" - "Bebop / Drop" -
"Hallofon" -
"Intravino" - "Time's Up
(Alone Tonight)" - "No Brain,
No Pain" |
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Daryl Hall: Sacred Songs
Released: 1980
Billboard
peak:
# 58
Tracks: "Sacred
Songs" - "Something In 4-4
Time" - "Babs And Babs" -
"Urban Landscape" -
"NYCNY" - "Farther Away I
Am" - "Why Was it So Easy"
- "Don't Leave Me Alone With
Her" - "Survive" -
"Without Tears" - "You
Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette" -
"North Star" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Voices
Released: 1980
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 17
Tracks: "How Does It Feel To
Be Back" - "Big
Kids" - "United State" -
"Hard To Be In Love With You" -
"Kiss On My List" -
"Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect
Perfect)" - "You've Lost That
Lovin' Feeling" - "You Make My Dreams" -
"Everytime You Go Away" -
"Africa" - "Diddy Doo Wop
(I Hear The Voices)" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Private Eyes
Released: September 1, 1981
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Private Eyes" -
"Looking For A Good Sign" -
"I Can't Go For That
(No Can Do)" - "Mano A
Mano" - "Did It In A Minute" - "Head
Above Water" - "Tell Me What
You Want" - "Friday Let Me
Down" - "Unguarded Minute"
- "Your Imagination" - "Some
Men" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
H20
Released: 1982
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Maneater" -
"Crime Pays" - "Art Of
Heartbreak" - "One On One" - "Open
All Night" - "Family Man" -
"Italian Girls" -
"Guessing Games" -
"Delayed Reaction" - "At
Tension" - "Go Solo" |
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Rock 'N Soul, Part 1
Released: 1983
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Tracks: "Maneater" - "Say
It Isn't So" - "Sara
Smile" - "She's Gone" -
"Rich Girl" - "Kiss On My List" - "You Make My Dreams" - "Private Eyes" - "Adult Education" - "I Can't Go For That
(No Can Do)" - "One On One" - "Wait
For Me" (live) |
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Big Bam Boom
Released: 1984
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Tracks: "Dance On
Your Knees" - "Out Of
Touch" - "Method Of Modern
Love" - "Back On Your
Love" - "Some Things Are
Better Left Unsaid" -
"Going Thru The Motions" -
"Cold Dark And Yesterday" -
"All American Girl" - "Possession
Obsession" |
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Live At The Apollo With
David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick
Released: 1985
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Live Tracks: "Everytime
You Go Away" - "I Can't Go For That
(No Can Do)" - "One On One" - "Possession
Obsession" - "Adult Education" -
"Apollo Medley: The Way You Do The
Things You Do / My Girl" -
"When Something Is Wrong With My
Baby" |
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Daryl Hall: Three Hearts In The
Happy Ending Machine
Released: 1986
Billboard
peak:
# 29
Tracks:
"Dreamtime" - "Only A
Vision" - "I Wasn't Born
Yesterday" - "Someone Like
You" - "Next Step" -
"For You" - "Foolish
Pride" - "Right As Rain" -
"Let It Out" - "What's
Gonna Happen To Us" |
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Ooh Yeah!
Released: 1988
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 24
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Downtown
Life" - "Everything Your Heart
Desires" - "I'm In Pieces"
- "Missed Opportunity" -
"Talking All Night" -
"Rockability" - "Rocket To
God" - "Soul Love" -
"Realove" - "Keep Pushin'
Love" |
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Change Of Season
Released: October, 1990
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 60
Tracks: "So Close" -
"Starting All Over Again" -
"Sometimes A Mind Changes" -
"Change Of Season" - "I
Ain't Gonna Take it This Time" -
"Everywhere I Look" -
"Give It Up (Old Habits)" -
"Don't Hold Back
Your Love" - "Halfway
There" - "Only Love" -
"Heavy Rain" - "So Close" (unplugged) |
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Daryl Hall: Soul Alone
Released: September, 1993
Billboard
peak:
# 177
Tracks: "Power Of
Seduction" - "This Time" -
"Love Revelation" - "I'm
In A Philly Mood" -
"Borderline" - "Stop
Loving Me, Stop Loving You" -
"Help Me Find A Way To Your
Heart" - "Send Me" -
"Wildfire" - "Money
Changes Everything" - "Written
In Stone" |
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The Atlantic Collection
Released: January, 1996
Tracks: "Goodnight
And Goodmorning" - "I'm
Sorry" - "Waterwheel" -
"Lilly (Are You Happy)" -
"Past Times Behind" (outtake) -
"When The Morning Comes" -
"Had I Known You Better Then" -
"Las Vegas Turnaround (The
Stewardess Song)" - "She's
Gone" - "I'm Just A Kid (Don't
Make Me Feel Like A Man)" -
"Abandoned Luncheonette" -
"Lady Rain" - "Laughing
Boy" - "It's Uncanny" -
"I Want To Know You For A Long
Time" - "Can't Stop The Music
(He Played It Much Too Long)" -
"Is It A Star" - "Beanie
G. And The Rose Tattoo" -
"You're Much Too Soon" -
"70's Scenario" |
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Marigold Sky
Released: September, 1997
Billboard
peak:
# 95
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Romeo Is
Bleeding" - "Marigold Sky"
- "Sky Is Falling" - "Out
Of The Blue" - "Want To" -
"Love Out Loud" - "Throw
the Roses Away" - "I Don't
Think So" - "Promise Ain't
Enough" - "Time Won't Pass Me
By" - "Hold On To
Yourself" - "War Of Words"
- "Hold On To Yourself" (Remix)
- "Promise Ain't Enough" (live)
- "Want To" (live) |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
The Very Best Of Daryl
Hall & John Oates
Released: January, 2001
US: Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 34
Tracks: "Sara
Smile" - "Rich Girl" -
"It's A Laugh" - "Wait For
Me" - "You've Lost That
Lovin' Feeling" - "Kiss On My List" - "You Make My Dreams" - "Private Eyes" - "I Can't Go For That
(No Can Do)" - "Did It In A Minute" - "Maneater" - "One On One" - "Family Man" - "Say
It Isn't So" - "Adult Education" - "Out
Of Touch" - "Method Of Modern
Love" - "Some Things Are
Better Left Unsaid" |
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VH1 Behind The Music:
The Daryl Hall & John Oates
Collection
Released: March, 2002
Tracks: "Sara
Smile" - "Rich Girl" -
"Do What You Want, Be What You
Are" - "You Make My Dreams" - "I Can't Go For That
(No Can Do)" - "One On One" - "Maneater" - "Say
It Isn't So" - "Out Of
Touch" - "Everything Your Heart
Desires" - "Kiss On My List" )live) -
"She's Gone" (live) - "So Close"
(unplugged" - "Every Time You
Go Away" (live) - "Somebody
Like you" - "Heartbreak
Time" - "Do It For Love" |
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John Oates: Phunk Shui
Released: August, 2002
Tracks: "Color Of
Love" - "It Girl" -
"All Good People" - "Love
In A Dangerous Time" -
"Unspoken" - "Soul
Slide" - "Go Deep" -
"Little Angel" -
"Beauty" - "Phunk
Shui" - "Electric
Ladyland" |
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Do It For Love
Released: February, 2003
Rolling Stone: 
Billboard
peak:
# 77
Tracks: "Man On A
Mission" - "Do It For
Love" - "Someday We'll
Know" - "Forever For You"
- "Life's Too Short" -
"Getaway Car" - "Make You
Stay" - "Miss DJ" -
"(She) Got Me Bad" -
"Breath Of Your Life" -
"Intuition" - "Heartbreak
Time" - "Something About
You" - "Love In A Dangerous
Time" |
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Daryl Hall: Can't Stop Dreaming
Released: June, 2003
Tracks: "Cab
Driver" - "Let Me be The
One" - "Can't Stop
Dreaming" - "Never Let Me
Go" - "Holding Out For
Love" - "Justify" -
"What's In Your World" -
"Hold On To Me" - "She's
Gone" - "All By Myself" -
"Fools Rush In" |
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Our Kind Of Soul
Released: October, 2004
Tracks: "Let Love
Take Control" - "Standing In
The Shadows Of Love" - "I'll Be
Around" - "Used To be My
Girl" - "Soul Violins" -
"I Can Dream About You" -
"Don't Turn Your Back On Me
Baby" - "Fading Away" -
"Neither One Of Us" -
"After The Dance" - "Rock
Steady" - "Love (TKO)" -
"What You See Is What You Get"
- "Can't Get Enough Of Your
Love" - "You Are
Everything" - "I'm Still In
Love With You" - "O-o-h
Child" |
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The Philadelphia Years
Released: August, 2006
Tracks: "Fall In
Philadelphia" -
"Grandfather" - "If That's
What Make You Happy" - "In
Honor Of A Lady" -
"Waterwheel" - "Back In
Love Again" - "Good Night And
Good Morning" - "Gotta Be
Stronger" - "Past Times
Behind" - "Baby Come
Closer" - "I Ain't Afraid Of
The Cold" - "They Needed Each
Other" - "I'll be By" -
"Perkiomen" - "You Don't
Know" - "Deep River Blues"
- "A Lonely Girl' -
"Vicki-Vicki" - "Girl
Don't Make Me Wait" |
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Live At The Troubadour (CD/DVD)
Released: November, 2008
Live Tracks: "Everything
Your Heart Desires" - "When The
Morning Comes" - "Family
Man" - "Say It Isn't So" -
"It's Uncanny" - "Had I
Known You Better Then" - "She's
Gone" - "Getaway Car" -
"Cab Driver" - "One On
One" - "Sara Smile" -
"Maneater" - "Out Of
Touch" - "I Can't Go For That
(No Can Do)" - "Rich Girl"
- "Kiss On My List" - "You
Make My Dreams" - "Abandoned
Luncheonette" - "Private
Eyes" |
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Do What You Want, Be
What You Are: The Music Of Daryl Hall
& John Oates (box set)
Released: October, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 89 |
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