Hit Parade: Rock n Soul, Part 1
Daryl Hall and John Oates: Their songs were earworms, their videos cheap and goofy. John Oates\u2019s mustache and Daryl Hall\u2019s mullet are relics of their time. And\u2026for about five years, their crazy streak on the pop charts was comparable to Elvis, the Beatles and the Bee Gees.\nThey were also more cutting-edge than you may realize, essentially inventing their own form of cross-racial new wave after spending the \u201970s trying everything: rock, R&B, folk, funk, even disco. At their Imperial peak in the early \u201980s, Hall and Oates commanded the pop, soul and dance charts while still getting played on rock stations. And decades later, when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ignored them, it was Black artists\u2014rappers and soul fans\u2014who pushed them in.\nJoin Chris Molanphy for a dissection of the Philly duo who invented \u201crock \u2019n soul\u201d and made their dreams come true.\n\nSign up for Slate Plus now to get episodes in one installment as soon as they're out. You'll also get The Bridge, our trivia show and bonus deep dive. Click here for more info.\xa0\xa0\xa0\n\nPodcast production by Asha Saluja.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices