Daryl Hall

Daryl Hall: Biography in Details

Who is Daryl Hall?

Daryl Hall is a keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, producer, and American rock, R&B, and soul singer.

He is popular for his stage name Daryl Hall and as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates.

Daryl Hall: Birth Fact, Family, Childhood

A producer was born on October 11, 1946, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA as Daryl Franklin Hohl.

His parents each have a background in music, his mother was a vocal coach and his father was a professional singer.

He was interested in singing from his childhood. So he started recording while still a student at Owen J. Roberts High School.

Daryl Hall: Education History

In 1964, Daryl Hall graduated from Owen J. Roberts High School.

Then after, he majored in music, in college at Temple University in Philadelphia, while continuing to record, working with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff as both an artist and a session musician.

Daryl Hall: Early Life Profession and Career

He started his career by forming the vocal harmony group the Temptones, he and four other white Temple University students, during his first semester at Temple, in the fall of 1965.

Defeating both The Ambassadors and The Delfonics in a contest at the Uptown Theater, they were popular additions to the largely black Philly soul scene.

Hall met John Oates, who was also an undergraduate at Temple University in 1967. Both duos have sold more albums than any other duo in music history.

Their second album, Abandoned Luncheonette,  released in 1973, yielded the single, “She’s Gone”, which went to No. 7 in the U.S.

As well as the era has also produced the popular songs “Sara Smile”, “One on One”, “Family Man,” “You Make My Dreams,” “Say It Isn’t So” and “Method of Modern Love”.

Hall co-wrote and produced, with Arthur Baker, the single “Swept Away” for Diana Ross in 1984,  which reached US No. 19. His solo works as Soul Alone and Can’t Stop Dreaming, both of which were received well internationally.

Moreover, he composed “Gloryland” in 1994, which was an official album of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Hall guest-starred on the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, playing an MC of a “world music” festival in 2007.

Daryl Hall shared the stage with electronic duo Chromeo for a special late-night set at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 11, 2010.

Hall shared the stage with electronic duo Chromeo for a special late-night set at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on August 12, 2011.

Daryl Hall: Lifetime achievement and awards

In 2010, he was the nominee for the Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals shared with John Oates for the song “Sara Smile.”

Besides that, in 2016, he was the winner of the recording shared with John Oates in Star on the Walk of Fame.

Daryl Hall: Controversy and rumor

To date, he has not been part of any controversy or rumor. He is maintaining his personal life properly.

Daryl Hall: Salary and Networth

Daryl Hall earns a huge amount of money but has not disclosed to the media or the public.

His estimated net worth is about $70 Million as of 2022, which he earns from his work.

Daryl Hall: Body measurement

Daryl Hall has an average body type with blonde hair and with blue eyes.

Moreover, he is 6 feet 1 inch tall with a weight of 100 kg.

Daryl Hall: Social media

Daryl Hall is active on Facebook with more than 245k followers, Instagram with more than 27k followers, and Twitter with more than 44k followers.

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Reference: (Wikipedia, IMDB)

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