One of the great soul singers of his generation, Daryl Hall is also an inventive pop/rock songwriter, both on his own and as one-half of the iconic duo Hall & Oates. Together with his creative partner, singer/guitarist John Oates, Hall built upon the Philly soul he grew up with, cross-pollinating it with the melodicism and contemporary sonic textures of AM Pop, new wave, and rock; a distinctive sound that would dominate the charts from the late '70s into the 1980s. Hall & Oates had a long road to success, starting as a folk-rock duo at the dawn of the '70s -- they broke throug...