Hall & Oates

A greatest hits compilation was released in 2001 from BMG Entertainment. His newest album, Devil's Playground, is due out March 16, 2005, and is his first new studio album in nearly 12 years. The duo's music did make the Adult Contemporary charts in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Idol appeared on VH1 Storytellers and issued a Greatest Hits CD in 2001. They last reached the pop Top 40 in 1990 and the two slowly faded from public view, although they did not formally break up. Idol returned to the popular eye in 1998, when he played himself in The Wedding Singer, an Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore romantic comedy. The duo recorded over a dozen Top 40 hits in addition to the songs already listed. The follow-up to Charmed Life was 1993's Cyberpunk (see 1993 in music), which was a flop, and Idol sank into drug addiction, nearly dying of an overdose in 1994.

They are best known for hits like "Out of Touch," "Private Eyes," "Maneater," "Rich Girl," "She's Gone," "Kiss On My List" and "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)." Their first single, "Sara Smile," was recorded in 1975 and reached #4 on the Billboard pop charts in 1976. The album sold extremely well, but Idol decided to take a break and acted in The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone. The duo of Hall & Oates has the distinction of being the best selling duo of all time. Just before the release of Charmed Life in 1990 (see 1990 in music), Idol was in a motorcycle accident in which he almost lost his leg. Hall & Oates is the popular music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates, who were popular in the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s, and who used a unique variety of ballad-oriented pop-blue eyed soul to dominate the charts. A cover of Tommy James' "Mony Mony" did well on MTV and Idol playing Cousin Kevin in a performance of Tommy. Our Kind of Soul - 2004. Stevens soon left for a solo career and Idol continued.

Do It For Love - 2003. Idol didn't release a new album until 1987 (see 1987 in music); Whiplash Smile sold well, but failed to live up to expectations. Hall & Oates: Behind the Music - 2002. Idol's first LP, Rebel Yell (1984, 1984 in music) was a blockbuster success and established Idol's superstar status in the United States. The Very Best of Daryl Hall/John Oates - 2001. Idol moved to New York City and began working as a solo artist and began working with Steve Stevens, soon becoming MTV staples with "White Wedding" and "Dancing with Myself". Marigold Sky - 1997. Generation X signed to Chrysalis Records and released three albums before breaking up.

Change of Season - 1990. During this period, Idol decided to become a musician and formed a band called Generation X in 1976 (see 1976 in music). Ooh Yeah! - 1988. Idol lived in Worthing before attending Sussex University for only a year before joining the Bromley Contingent of keen Sex Pistols fans. Live at the Apollo - 1985. Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad on November 30, 1955 in Middlesex, England) is a British-born hard rock musician. Big Bam Boom - 1984.

Rock 'n' Soul, Part 1 - 1983. H2O - 1982. Private Eyes - 1981. Voices - 1980.

X-Static - 1979. Along The Red Ledge - 1978. Bigger Than Both of Us - 1976. Daryl Hall & John Oates - 1975.