On This Day 13/01/1977 Daryl Hall and John Oates

On this day, 13 Jan 1977, American pop duo Hall and Oates played the Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, on their UK Tour.
Formed in 1970 in Philadelphia. The two write most of the songs they perform, separately or in collaboration. They achieved their greatest fame from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s with a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues.

The duo never really liked to be referred to as "Hall & Oates". In an interview with Esquire, Oates said, "There isn't one album that says Hall and Oates. It's always Daryl Hall and John Oates, from the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall and Oates', this two-headed monster, this thing, is not anything we've ever wanted or liked." In a 2015 interview, Oates noted that "it's a horrible name" and that "it was a totally conscious decision" not to be known as "Hall & Oates". "We didn’t want to be the Everly Brothers, or Loggins & Messina, or whatever."

The duo are credited as Daryl Hall John Oates with no "and" or ampersand on many of their releases.

Tour Setlist

Back Together Again
Rich Girl
Crazy Eyes
Do What You Want, Be What You Are
Lady Rain
Falling
Camellia
You're Much Too Soon
Is It a Star
I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man)
Sara Smile
She's Gone
Abandoned Luncheonette

Encore 1:
Ennui on the Mountain
Gino (The Manager)

Encore 2:
Room to Breathe

On This Day 13/01/1977 Daryl Hall & John Oates

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On This Day 13 January 1977, American pop/soul duo Daryl Hall & John Oates played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre.

The band had recently scored a top 50 hit with their single She’s Gone plus their album Bigger Than The Both Of Us, peaking at No 25 in the album charts and included their breakthrough US hit Rich Girl.

The duo first met at the Adelphi Ballroom in Philadelphia in 1967. At the time they met, each was heading his own musical group, Hall with The Temptones and Oates with The Masters. They were there for a band competition when gunfire rang out between two rival gangs, and in trying to escape, they ran to the same service elevator. On further discovering that they were interested in the same music and that both were attending Philadelphia's Temple University, they started spending time together on a regular basis and eventually shared a number of apartments in the city.

One of the apartments they shared had "Hall & Oates" on the mailbox, which became the duo's common nickname.

It took them another two years to form a musical duo, and three years after that, they signed to Atlantic Records and released their debut album. The two didn't start working together seriously until 1970 after Oates got back from an extended stay in Europe.

Tour Setlist

Back Together Again
Rich Girl
Crazy Eyes
Do What You Want, Be What You Are
Lady Rain
Falling
Camellia
You're Much Too Soon
Is It a Star
I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man)
Sara Smile
She's Gone
Abandoned Luncheonette

Encore 1:
Ennui on the Mountain
Gino (The Manager)

Encore 2:
Room to Breathe