#45 - John Oates of Hall & Oates Interview
John Oates is one half the most successful duo in the history of music, alongside his longtime collaborator Daryl Hall. He has written some of the best pop songs of all time: "Maneater", "Out of Touch" and "She's Gone". John chats to Tom over Zoom to tell him about being neighbours with Hunter S. Thompson, his friendship with George Harrison, turning down George Martin, and what he thinks of the likes of 10cc, Michael Jackson and Simply Red copying or sampling Hall & Oates songs.
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Greatest Music of All Time Podcast hosted by Tom Cridland. A "GOAT" is interviewed about their life and the soundtrack to it.
Past guests have included Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, Verdine White and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire, Chick Corea, Smokey Robinson, Chance the Rapper, Dionne Warwick, Kevin Bacon, Seal, David Guetta, Christina Hendricks, Michael Imperioli, Otis Williams of The Temptations, Curt Smith of Tears For Fears, Pixie Lott, Brooks & Dunn, Gloria Estefan, Sean Paul, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams of Toto, Chris Rea, HAUSER, Johnny Marr, Jon Anderson of Yes, Hannah Reid of London Grammar, David Crosby, Rachel Bilson, Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, Allan Clarke and Bobby Elliott of The Hollies, Shaggy, Sir Cliff Richard, RAYE, Stewart Copeland of The Police, Gene Simmons of Kiss, Ronan Keating, John Oates of Hall & Oates, Don McLean, Kool & the Gang, Graham Gouldman of 10cc and Seth Rogen.