John Oates featuring Guthrie Trapp plays on Saturday night (March 26th) in Bethesda, Maryland at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club.ĭaryl Hall with special guest Todd Rundgren will perform on April 1st at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. "Rich Girl," which was solely written by Daryl Hall, was Hall & Oates' third Top 10 hit, following 1976's "Sara Smile," which went all the way to Number Four and the 1976 reissue of 1973's "She's Gone" which peaked at Number Seven.Īll told, between 19, Hall & Oates would score a total of 29 Top 40 hits, including 16 Top Tens - with such future chart-toppers as 1981's "Kiss On My List" and "Private Eyes," 1982's "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)," and "Maneater," along with 1984's "Out Of Touch." In 1985 British singer Paul Young snagged a Number One hit with a cover of Hall & Oates' 1980 Voices favorite, "Everytime You Go Away."ĭaryl Hall explained how integral the "Philly Sound" was to Hall & Oates' development, which was particularly evident on "Rich Girl": SOUNDCUE (:19 OC. if you're letting me in or letting me go. you can twist it around baby that ain't enough. The song was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks, from November 7 through November 20, 1981. The song title came from the 1980 movie The Private Eyes, starring Don Knots and Tim Conway as bumbling detectives. they're watching you watching you watching you watching you. And when the crew composed I Can’t Go for That, according to John Oates, what they really had in mind is artists being pushed. ' Private Eyes ' is a 1981 single by Hall & Oates and the title track from their album of that year. giving the impression that a song is about one subject when in actuality it is about another. On the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks, this was one of the top hits of 1983.It was 45 years ago Saturday (March 25th, 1977) that Daryl Hall & John Oates scored their first of six Number One hits, with "Rich Girl." The R&B-tinged tune was the second single pulled from the previous year's Bigger Than The Both Of Us collection, and ended Barbra Streisand's three-week run on top of the charts with "Love Theme From A Star Is Born ('Evergreen')." This is indicative of a writing style Hall & Oates commonly utilized which is tantamount to a misdirection, i.e. Almost every song rings to my soul and makes. (Source: Wikipedia)įrom their 1983 Synchronicity album, “Every Breath You Take” was written by Sting and Andy Summers. Never thought I would like this type of music until I was introduced to this album. His first single, “Somebody’s Watching Me “features Michael and Jermaine Jackson on the track. (Source: Wikipedia)ġ894 marked the debut of this R&B artist. Written by American composer conductor and arranger, Henry Mancini, this is one of his best-known pieces. Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini Orchestra I hear But pauses ere he touch the theme. THIS IS NOT MY SONG, THIS VIDEO WAS MADE FOR FUN, NOT FOR MONEYLyric video with lyrics to 'Private Eyes' by Hall & Oates-This one has been in works for a whi. ![]() This release is characterized as “a notable album for the music of the decade, combining pop, rock, R&B and soul genres.” (Source: Wikipedia)ģ. at a Private View, the artistic outlook is not I will add that Mr. That November, the song topped the Hot 100 for two weeks. Their tenth album, released in 1981, “Private Eyes” was just another hit for the duo. Private Eyes was the lead single from the 1981 album of the same name. Sloan, this song was made famous by Johnny Rivers in its debut as the opening title of Danger Man, a British spy series. Our list today will be short- the top five private investigation songs of all time (in our opinion anyway)! The references in the entertainment world to private investigators, private detectives, and private eyes are endless. If you like Private Eyes, you might also like Movin Out (Anthonys Song) by Billy Joel and Brass in Pocket - 2006 Remaster by Pretenders and the other songs. This perception is mainly, in our opinion, due to the sensationalizing of our job through the entertainment industry- both the music and movie industries. We know how glamorous our profession seems to the outside world. Welcome to Shadow Investigations’ new blog! In light of our new venture into the world of blogging, we thought we would start with a lighthearted post.
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