John Oates
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Although Oates's main role in the duo is being the guitarist, he also co-wrote many of the top 10 songs that they recorded, including: "Sara Smile" (referring to Hall's then-girlfriend, Sara Allen), "She's Gone", and "Out of Touch", as well as "You Make My Dreams", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", "Maneater", and "Adult Education". He also sang lead vocals on several more singles in the Hot 100, such as "How Does It Feel to Be Back", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (a remake of the 1965 song performed by the Righteous Brothers), and "Possession Obsession". In 1986, Oates contributed the song "(She's the) Shape of Things to Come" on the soundtrack to the 1986 film ''About Last Night''. He also co-wrote and sang backup on the song "Electric Blue", recorded by the Australian band Icehouse, which was a ''Billboard'' top 10 hit.
Oates was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004, and in 2014 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Hall & Oates. His memoir, ''Change of Seasons'', was published in 2017. Provided by Wikipedia
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4by Curran Bryan, Sunderland Terry, Maisels Fiona, Oates John, Asaha Stella, Balinga Michael, Defo Louis, Dunn Andrew, Telfer Paul, Usongo Leonard, Loebenstein Karin, Roth PhilippGet full text
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5by Curran Bryan, Sunderland Terry, Maisels Fiona, Asaha Stella, Balinga Michael, Defo Louis, Dunn Andrew, Loebenstein Karin, Oates John, Roth Philipp, Telfer Paul, Usongo LeonardGet full text
Published 2010-01-01
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6by Fellman Vineta, Peltonen Leena, Palotie Aarno, Snegovskikh Victoria, Norwitz Errol, Kuczynski Edward, Menon Ramkumar, Puttonen Hilkka, Hallman Mikko, Haataja Ritva, Morgan Thomas, Doniger Scott, Plunkett Jevon, DeFranco Emily A, Chaudhari Bimal P, Oates John, Boutaud Olivier, McGregor Tracy L, McElroy Jude J, Teramo Kari, Borecki Ingrid, Fay Justin C, Muglia Louis JGet full text
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7by Plunkett, Jevon, Doniger, Scott, Morgan, Thomas, Haataja, Ritva, Hallman, Mikko, Puttonen, Hilkka, Menon, Ramkumar, Kuczynski, Edward, Norwitz, Errol, Snegovskikh, Victoria, Fellman, Vineta, DeFranco, Emily A., Chaudhari, Bimal P., Oates, John, Boutaud, Olivier, McGregor, Tracy L., McElroy, Jude J., Teramo, Kari, Borecki, Ingrid, Fay, Justin C., Muglia, Louis J., Palotie, Aarno, Peltonen, LeenaGet fulltext
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