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John Oates, half of the hugely successful pop rock duo Hall & Oates, has opened up about his partnership with Daryl Hall amid their ongoing and fractious legal battle.Hall, 77, is suing Oates, 75, in an initially confidential lawsuit that came to light in November when Hall also filed for and received a temporary restraining order against Oates in a Nashville court.A week later it was revealed that Hall is attempting to block Oates from selling his share of the duo’s Whole Oats Enterprises to music publisher Primary…

Cher isn’t saving up all her tears for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.During an appearance Friday on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” she shocked audience members — and Clarkson — with news of her latest exclusion from the Rock Hall. With her recent hit “DJ Play a Christmas Song,” Cher became one of only two artists to have No. 1 hits seven decades in a row. She shares the record with the Rolling Stones, who were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1989 — and whom Clarkson was quick to point out are a band. “Doesn’t…

American ‘Goddess of Pop’ Cher recently held the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame responsible for excluding from the museum in Cleveland, Ohio. American ‘Goddess of Pop’ Cher recently held the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame responsible for excluding from the museum in Cleveland, Ohio.(AFP) The singer recently appeared on ‘The Kelly Clarkson’ to celebrate her holiday single “DJ Play a Christmas Song” hitting the top of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart. Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on…

Cher called out the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for failing to induct her throughout her record-breaking decades-long music career. The Grammy-winning singer, who made history this month as the first female artist to have a No. 1 song in each of the past seven decades, shared her thoughts on Friday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show regarding her exclusion from the prestigious music museum. “You know what, I wouldn’t be in it now if they gave me a million dollars,” Cher told host Kelly…

"I wouldn’t be in it now if they gave me a million dollars," Cher said after being repeatedly snubbed by Cleveland institution Cher is a legend. And she knows she deserves to be treated as such. On Thursday, she visited The Kelly Clarkson Show and dragged the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame after reflecting on the fact that she’s only the second artist to have No. 1 songs in seven decades after the Rolling Stones. “It took four of them to be one of me,” Cher said as Clarkson rose out of her seat…

John Oates may be involved a contentious legal battle with his old bandmate, but that won’t stop him from spreading some cheer and raising awareness for a good cause with a new song, “Get Your Smile On.” Oates said he wrote the breezy tune during the Covid-19 pandemic when he was searching for “any positive vibe I could up with.” He began sketching the song on GarageBand, but as it came together, he “decided to really produce the track the way I would have in a professional recording studio.”  He continued: “I…

From the courtroom to network television, singer John Oates of Hall & Oates has been spending a lot of time in front of judges. The “Sara Smile” artist was revealed to be a contestant on Wednesday’s episode of the singing competition show “The Masked Singer.” The appearance came amid his ongoing legal battle with his longtime musical partner Daryl Hall. Oates acknowledged appearing on the show so that he could use his singing voice and not have it “connected to past.” It’s a past that has recently been the topic…

THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Fox’s The Masked Singer. On The Masked Singer Season 10’s “Soundtrack to My Life” episode, Anteater, who added a raspy twang throughout the show, was revealed as Hall & Oates’ John Oates.  “In keeping with this episode, you were the soundtrack of my life,” panelist Ken Jeong said to Oates after the reveal. “I just grew up on you, man. I’m literally starstruck right now.” After a head-to-head performance against Donut, Candelabra was the second…

In the mid 2000s, Bob Garrett was invited backstage at a Daryl Hall and John Oates concert in Southern California. Garrett, whose credits include working on Broadway shows like The Color Purple and Sing! and writing songs recorded by Tina Turner, Heart and others, remembers how he and his creative partner at the time, Christian Taylor, were greeted. “Daryl said, ‘We’ve been waiting for you,’” Garrett recalls. “They really wanted to do a Broadway show.” That meeting would be the first of many steps in what has…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksMusicCelebrityPublished Dec 11, 2023  •  5 minute read Daryl Hall, left, and John Oates, recipients of BMI Icons awards, pose together before the 56th annual BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 20, 2008. Photo by Chris Pizzello /THE ASSOCIATED PRESSArticle contentAfter more than a half-century of making music together, Daryl Hall is suing John Oates and arguing in arbitration that he can’t sell his share of a Hall & Oates business partnership without Hall’s permission.Advertisement…