Daryl Hall & John Oates Essentials

Mixing up R&B, rock, jazz and folk in ways that bring out the best of each, Daryl Hall & John Oates have never set limits for themselves, and pop music is all the better for it. The Philadelphia-bred duo carved out a unique niche in the '70s thanks to their Beatles-esque songwriting and Hall's unapologetically romantic vocals. Making the leap to superstardom the following decade, the group notched a string of radio classics, “Kiss On My List” and “Private Eyes” among them, that encased their trademark brand of blue-eyed soul in chilly, pulsating synthesisers and New Wave's plastic punch.