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Hall & Oates

Alternative rock
Alternative rock

Hall & Oates is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of The Righteous Brothers, Ying Yang Twins, Foghat, Orleans and Mike Oldfield. Those roots explain a lot about how Hall & Oates arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Little River Band, The Cars, Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis & The News and Christopher Cross, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Maroon 5, People In Planes, Corey Hart, Gym Class Heroes and Lou Rawls, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 66 connections around Hall & Oates, reaching back through The Righteous Brothers and forward to Maroon 5. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Hall & OatesThe Righteous BrothersYing Yang TwinsFoghatOrleansMike OldfieldBobby Helmsa-haDavid FosterMaroon 5People In PlanesCorey HartGym Class HeroesLou RawlsTavaresPaul YoungVictoria JusticeLittle River BandThe CarsKenny LogginsHuey Lewis & The NewsChristopher CrossRick SpringfieldRobert PalmerRobbie Dupree

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Hall & Oates connections

Hall & Oates grew out of The Righteous Brothers, Ying Yang Twins, Foghat and Orleans, shares an orbit with Little River Band, The Cars, Kenny Loggins and Huey Lewis & The News, went on to shape Maroon 5, People In Planes, Corey Hart and Gym Class Heroes. 66 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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