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Daryl Hall and John Oates

Daryl Hall and John OatesDaryl Hall and John Oates: (70's/80s pop group)

Hall and Oates actually had their start in the Philly Soul scene.

I Can't Go For That

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Don't know what everybody saw in this one. It was huge, but left me cold. Lots of other H & O tracks are more memorable. Liked it better when DeLaSoul borrowed it for "Say No Go."
Posted by: hi-hat | Jan 16, 04 | 10:53 pm

Have to disagree with the previous comments. This was a classy piece of 'white soul', which did good business in the UK towards the end of 1981. I loved it to bits, and it mixes really well with Sharon Redd's 'Never Give You Up'

Hah hah.
Posted by: buckaroo | Mar 14, 05 | 3:02 am

The number of hits for Hall & Oates were priceless!

I Can't Go For That
Out Of Touch

Those were my favorites and there were more!!!!!
Posted by: Delmar Browne | Nov 02, 05 | 12:50 pm

I Don't Wanna Lose You
Private Eyes
Your Kiss Is On My List
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
Posted by: Larry | Nov 08, 05 | 1:38 am

many 12" inch singles in the 80's were big hits and got lots of airplay .
Posted by: james patton | Apr 24, 06 | 10:58 am

I have a remix of "Say It Isn't So" that REALLY moves, the bass is bumped WAY up. There's also delay and echo on the vocals. Great remix.
Posted by: ol'skinflint | Jul 17, 06 | 1:12 pm

hall & oates had several good 12" singles and or remixes in the 80's while i never considered them a disco group many of their 12" mixes got lot's of club and radio airplay in the 80's and today. the 12" of say it isn't so is excellent if fans don't have it it's worth looking for!
Posted by: james patton | Jul 17, 06 | 3:10 pm

Another example of where soul and disco get blurred. Hall and Oates is not technically disco but soul. The songs on the Private Eyes CD are good music, but I would not definitively call any of it disco. The song I Can't Go For That was a top pop and R&B hit, and it did get to #1 on the dance chart. Say It Isn't So and Out of Touch also hit #1 on the dance chart. Just goes to show how blurred the line between soul, funk, and disco really is.
Posted by: Dennis Whicher | Dec 23, 06 | 4:42 am

These guys wouldn't call themselves DISCO, but for not a DISCO act, they sure sounded like one, and they had a lot of their music played in DISCOS- Remember MANEATER!!!
Posted by: vyniljunkie | Mar 22, 08 | 12:57 pm

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