History Trivia / DarylHallAndJohnOates

* HostilityOnTheSet: Hall in late 2023 sued Oates to prevent him from singing the songs in their catalogue. It was later revealed that Hall doesn't think much of Oates as a friend, it at all, only as a ''business partner''.
** To date, the controversy behind the lawsuit is about ownership of the song catalogues between both Daryl Hall and John Oates. The former claims all the songs in their catalogue are '''his''', while the latter claims it's ''both''. Depending on the situation and how Oates handled responding to the lawsuit with some class, Hall could be seen [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming more of an ass]] or would cement Hall's already abrasive {{Jerkass}} core to new levels.

** To date, the controversy behind the lawsuit is about owner of the song catalogues between both Daryl Hall and John Oates. The former claims all the songs in their catalogue are '''his''', while the latter claims it's ''both''. Depending on the situation and how Oates handled responding to the lawsuit with some class, Hall could be seen [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming more of an ass]] or would cement Hall's already abrasive {{Jerkass}} core to new levels.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Hall in late 2023 sued Oates to prevent him from singing the songs in their catalogue. It was later revealed that Hall doesn't think much of Oates as a friend, it at all, only as a ''business partner'', which to some could either be TookALevelInJerkass or just cements Hall's rather abrasive ThePrimaDonna core to monstrous {{Jerkass}} levels.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Music/IrvingBerlin, Music/TheOutfield, Music/{{Weezer}} and Music/BonJovi have also made songs named "Say It Isn't So".

* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/DarylHallAndJohnOates Has its own page]].

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Music/IrvingBerlin, Music/TheOutfield, Music/Weezer and Music/BonJovi have also made songs named "Say It Isn't So".

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Music/IrvingBerlin, Music/TheOutfield, and Music/BonJovi have also made songs named "Say It Isn't So".

* NamesTheSame: Music/IrvingBerlin, Music/TheOutfield, and Music/BonJovi have also made songs named "Say It Isn't So".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Robert Fripp asked Daryl Hall to front a revived Music/KingCrimson after he sang on Fripp's ''Exposure'' album, but Hall declined as Hall and Oates were hitting their stride as hitmakers. This lead to Crimson's ''Music/{{Discipline}}'' lineup to be instead fronted by Adrian Belew (previously a collaborator with Music/FrankZappa, Music/DavidBowie, and Music/TalkingHeads, among others) in the early '80s.

* ReferencedBy:
** From ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', recurring antagonist Hol Horse of the [[TarotMotifs Emperor card]] gets his name from a {{pun}} based on the transliterated UsefulNotes/JapaneseRomanization of Hall & Oates.
** Hank from ''Literature/TheHalfLifeOfPlanets'' tells Liane, "I'm like John Oates. I'll always be there, even if nobody really understands what I do." When Liane asks what he means, he explains that in Hall and Oates, Daryl Hall writes and sings all the songs and G.E. Smith handled most of the lead guitar duties, so no one knows exactly what Oates does, but when Hall put out solo albums without him, nobody bought them.

* ReferencedBy: From ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', recurring antagonist Hol Horse of the [[TarotMotifs Emperor card]] gets his name from a {{pun}} based on the transliterated UsefulNotes/JapaneseRomanization of Hall & Oates.

* ReferencedBy: From ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', recurring antagonist Hol Horse of the Emperor tarot card gets his name from a {{pun}} based on the transliterated UsefulNotes/JapaneseRomanization of Hall & Oates.

* ReferencedBy: From ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', recurring antagonist Hol Horse of the Emperor tarot card gets his name from a {{pun}} based on the transliterated UsefulNotes/JapaneseRomanization of Hall & Oates

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Robert Fripp asked Daryl Hall to front a revived Music/KingCrimson after he sang on Fripp's ''Exposure'' album, but Hall declined as Hall and Oates were hitting their stride as hitmakers. This lead to Crimson's ''Discipline'' lineup to be instead fronted by Adrian Belew (previously a collaborator with Music/FrankZappa, Music/DavidBowie, and Music/TalkingHeads, among others) in the early '80s.

* ChannelHop: They started on [[Creator/AtlanticRecords Atlantic]], released their biggest hits on [[Creator/RCARecords RCA]], didn't do as well with [[Creator/AristaRecords Arista]], and eventually wound up recording for small indie labels.

* ChannelHop: They started on [[Creator/AtlanticRecords Atlantic]], released their biggest hits on [[Creator/RCARecords RCA]], didn't do as well with [[Creator/AristaRecords Arista]], and eventually wound up recording for smalll indie labels.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Robert Fripp asked Daryl Hall to front a revived Music/KingCrimson after he sang Fripp's ''Exposure'' album, but Hall declined as Hall and Oates were hitting their stride as hitmakers. This lead to Crimson's ''Discipline'' lineup to be instead fronted by Adrian Belew (previously a collaborator with Music/FrankZappa, Music/DavidBowie, and Music/TalkingHeads, among others) in the early '80s.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Robert Fripp asked Daryl Hall to front a revived Music/KingCrimson after he sang Fripp's ''Exposure'' album, but Hall declined as Hall and Oates were hitting their stride as hitmakers. This lead to Crimson's ''Discipline'' lineup fronted by Adrian Belew in the early '80s.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Robert Fripp asked Daryl Hall to front a revived Music/KingCrimson after he sang Fripp's ''Exposure'' album, but Hall declined as Hall and Oates was hitting its stride as a hitmaker. This lead to the Crimson's ''Discipline'' lineup fronted by Adrian Belew in the early '80s.