I chose 1981 music as my theme this year. My newest novel The Summer of Princess Diana is set in the summer of 1981, and oh! the music! Let’s take a look back at a pivotal time in the music industry.
Daryl Hall and John Oates, together the duo Hall & Oates, were one of the biggest hitmakers from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. “Kiss on my List” was released in January 1981 and spent three weeks at #1.
A little interesting trivia about the duo (thanks, Wikipedia) says that Daryl Hohl (his birth name) and John Oates first met in Philadelphia in 1967 at a band competition. When gunfire rang out between two rival gangs, they escaped and ended up in the same service elevator. On further discovering that they were interested in the same music and that both were attending Temple University, they started hanging out together and eventually shared an apartment in the city. One of the apartments they shared had “Hall & Oates” on the mailbox, which became the duo’s nickname.
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I was never a big fan, but their influence and cult status seems to get bigger each day….if that’s possible?? ZD
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I liked some of H&O, but they were so overplayed. Too, too much.
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I just watched Daryl on youtube tonight! My husband is a fan of Live From Daryl’s House. It’s a show where he invites musicians to his house and they play songs together. It was an older episodes from when he had the Bacon Brothers on the show. It was a lot of fun! Weekends In Maine
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I’m going to look for that. I think I’ve heard of it. Thanks!
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Another one of my favorites. “I Can’t Go For That” is probably my most favorite of all. Hall & Oates were probably my first favorite band.
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Good song.
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Such an interesting way go meet and how they took off from there! I haven’t heard them, but will listen to their music today.
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Heading to your blog now! I will catch up on your posts. Thanks very much for visiting!
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Thanks so much. Looking forward to your feedback 🙂
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Another great one! I saw them back in the day when there were Concerts at the Common in Boston! Awesome!
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This is one unoffensively pleasant, but I prefer their earlier hits “She’s Gone” and “Maneater.” They do have nice voices.
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Yes, Connie! I have to agree. I liked Hall and Oates as a group (duo), but this wasn’t my favorite song. Loved “Maneater” and “Out of Touch.”
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This is one that gets stuck in you head for days 😉
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It does. Sometimes not great!
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Hari OM
This is one of those sounds that echoes down the years and you find yourself thinking, ‘did I really like that???’ Hey ho… YAM xx
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Haha! Right? My husband can’t stand the song, or the group. Too much airplay back then, I guess…
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