Hall & Oates

Songwriter: John Oates

Producer: Arif Mardin

Thank you for walking
Thank you for spending one day
With a stranger

Good morning. Hello! Choose a color, carnation
We'll walk along

Down round the pond, up the hill bricks and steeples
It's not all gone... I recall

Thank you for walking
Thank you for spending one day
With a stranger

Thank you for talking
And showing the way to a stranger

Wining and dining (what a September)
From bags by the river ( I should've worn a sweater)
A sun, sail, song (it's cooler up here)

We sat on a wall (oh my)
Rest our feet (just a little longer)
Touch our noses

Then slow poke on... oh, I recall

One red carnation
The color for April
And apples
And wine

I suppose it was white... but I needed the rhyme

As I packed up to leave oh, I noticed the fountain
The statue's hand

There in her bronzed, moistened, palm
Red carnation
Without you there... I recall

Hall & Oates released the first of their 18 albums in 1972 on Atlantic Records. They would go on to sell 13 million albums and 6 million singles primarily during the 70’s and 80’s when they recorded their most prolific and profound music. They blended rock, jazz, soul, and pop create a genre they titled rock and soul.

While their technical musicianship, innovative songwriting styles, and popular live performances were praised, they also had a fruitful partnership with their manager Tommy Mottola, who was helped Hall & Oates break into music videos before they were popular and made profitable financial deals by helping them get on the ground level of and corporate sponsorship of tours. Hall & Oates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

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