Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall ( born October 11, 1946 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania as Daryl Franklin Hollow) is an American singer. He is one half of the duo Hall & Oates.
Life
Hall was in his childhood strongly influenced by his mother from the music of Frank Sinatra. Mid-1960s, Hall began to study at Temple University in Philadelphia. Daryl Hall collected 1966-67 first live and board experience in Philadelphia as a member of the band "The Temptones ", the two singles ( "Girl I Love You ", " Say These Words Of Love" ) published. As students of Temple University Daryl Hall and John Oates met in 1967 know at performances of both bands in the Adelphi Ballroom in Philadelphia. Daryl's first solo singles were recorded in 1968, " The Princess and the Soldier " and "A Lonely Girl." He then joined briefly in the band " Pal and The Prophets ". He had a rather dubious first chart success in 1969 as a studio keyboard player for the band "The Electric Indian ", which reached the 16th place in the U.S. charts with the instrumental " Keem -O- Sabe ". Daryl Hall later said of this title "probably the worst record ever made in history" ( " probably the worst record recording of history" ). In 1969, Daryl Hall John Oates without the inclusion of an album the band Gulliver, which published an unsuccessful LP in the same year. A year later the group broke up. As of December 1970 Daryl Hall has performed with John Oates on live and they teamed up with the duo Hall & Oates.
In 1974 she was to me She's Gone first place in the U.S. charts (# 60). They had 34 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with 16 top ten hits and six number - one hits Hall & Oates the most successful duo of the advanced American pop history. By 2006, Hall & Oates 7 RIAA platinum records and six RIAA gold plates have garnered.
In collaboration with Robert Fripp Daryl Hall in 1977 took the title Sacred songs on a solo album. Because of its non-commercial, in the opinion of the record company RCA nature of the album was not published until 1980. Daryl Hall was later involved in Robert Fripp's 1979 album Exposure and sang on this album some pieces.
A brief hiatus from Hall & Oates Daryl Hall used for recording his second solo album, Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine. For this album the hit Dreamtime comes. At the 1994 World Cup in the USA, he has contributed along with The Sounds of Blackness the official World Cup song Gloryland. Published in 1996, Daryl Can not Stop Dreaming, which first appeared only in Japan. In 2011 he released his latest album, Laughing Down Crying.
Discography
- Sacred Songs (1980 )
- Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine ( 1986)
- Soul Alone ( 1993)
- Can not Stop Dreaming ( 1996)
- Live In Philadelphia 2004 (2004)
- Laughing Down Crying (2011)