Hall & Oates

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The latest single, Man on a Mission, was the No. 1 "Most Added" A/C song, jumping from No. 22 to No. 15 in three weeks. The second single, Forever For You, is in the Top 15 and their No. 1 title track also is still on the charts.</div> <div> "It might be something new for us, it might be a new record," John Oates said during a phone interview from Boston.</div> <div> Do It For Love is the duo's first new set of studio material since 1997's Marigold Sky. The 21st release marks three decades of success, including seven No. 1 hits, 15 Top 20 hits, 26 Top 40 hits and sales of more than 60 million records for the singer/songwriters.</div> <div> "In this day and age, with what's going on in the music business, for classic artists like us, established artists like us, to have that kind of record success on radio is very difficult," Mr. Oates said. "There's lots of artists from our generation that just can't get on the radio."</div> <div> The A/C charts, which include songs from Santana, Norah Jones and Celine Dion, provide more exposure for an artist because it "takes longer to get to the top" and "once they're up there, they stay in the chart longer," Mr. Oates explained.</div> <div> As for finding success in the ever-evolving world of pop-friendly radio, Mr. Oates said the formula was simple: don't adapt.</div> <div> "What we've done is continue along the path that we feel comfortable with. And what has happened is that music has come back around to us. Look at the Grammys - Norah Jones and John Mayer. These are the people that are getting recognized. These are people that write their own songs, play their own instruments, perform in a straightforward way with a band. That's the way that music is going. The day of the pre-packaged teeny-pop is on its way out."</div> <div> Do It For Love came to fruition two years ago, when the duo signed a contract with Columbia/Sony Music. They went to England and recorded an album, but it "wasn't what we wanted." They parted ways amicably with the label and re-recorded the "best elements," adding new songs and resulting in Do It For Love.</div> <div> Although it took more than five years for Hall & Oates to release the album, it won't take as long the next time, Mr. Oates said.</div> <div> "We may start one next year," Mr. Oates said. "It's important to do a really good record than it is to just get one out cause you're back on radio."</div> <div> Hall & Oates plan to release a live DVD, and Mr. Oates also released his first solo album, Phunk Shui, in August of 2002.</div> <div> "We were reading a magazine article about Feng Shui while we were making the record and one of my co-producers said 'This is funky, this is funk shui.' I thought that is a great title for the album, because Feng Shui is the art of balance and harmony, and my solo album was a very easy record to make - it did have this balanced quality to it," Mr. Oates said.</div> <div> Mr. Oates is re-releasing the album on his own label this week with three new songs and a new album cover.</div> <div> "It didn't get the full attention that it deserved," Mr. Oates said. "So I'm putting it out again and going to sell it at the concerts and on the Internet. It's basically going to be for the fans, and it's going to be the new and improved version."</div> <div> One of the three new tracks is Mona Lisa's Eyes; a song previously included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Phunk Shui. Time Will Tell and the Curtis Mayfield classic People Get Ready are the other extras.</div> <div> Hall & Oates have been called the "most successful duo of all music history" because they've sold more records than any other duo, Mr. Oates said.</div> <div> "I don't think there's anything more to it than that," Mr. Oates said. "It's like having a bowling trophy. You smile when you get it then you stick it on the shelf and don't think about it."</div> <div> For more on Hall & Oates, log on to www.hallandoates.com.</div> <div> For more about Phunk Shui, log onto www.phunkshui.com.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>