Pop
John Oates
![Listen to We Are The World (feat. Al Jarreau, Anita Pointer, B. Midler, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Aykroyd, Daryl Hall, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Harry Belafonte, Huey Lewis and the News, Jackie Jackson, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, John Oates, June Pointer, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, La Toya Jackson, Lindsey Buckingham, Lionel Richie, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Randy Jackson, Ray Charles, Ruth Pointer, Sheila E., Smokey Robinson, Steve Perry, Stevie Wonder, Tito Jackson, Tina Turner, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson) [Remastered] by U.S.A. for Africa, see lyrics, music video & more!](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music211/v4/1a/a9/2b/1aa92bb3-f2ee-4f25-1bc9-ba252bd75be8/199806087862.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to We Are The World (feat. Al Jarreau, Anita Pointer, B. Midler, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Aykroyd, Daryl Hall, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Harry Belafonte, Huey Lewis and the News, Jackie Jackson, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, John Oates, June Pointer, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, La Toya Jackson, Lindsey Buckingham, Lionel Richie, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Randy Jackson, Ray Charles, Ruth Pointer, Sheila E., Smokey Robinson, Steve Perry, Stevie Wonder, Tito Jackson, Tina Turner, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson) [Remastered] by U.S.A. for Africa, see lyrics, music video & more!")
![Watch Maneater (Reggae Version) [Official Music Video] music video by John Oates](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Video126/v4/c4/b9/79/c4b979ba-00f5-7008-f794-4cbec1dfac42/197188836023_1_1.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Maneater (Reggae Version) [Official Music Video] music video by John Oates")
About John Oates
Genre
Pop
Throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, John Oates carved his name into pop music history as half of Daryl Hall & John Oates, one of the most successful duos of all time. But the road to stardom started long before chart-topping anthems like “Rich Girl” and “Maneater.” Oates was born in New York City in 1948 and raised in a suburb of Philadelphia before enrolling at Temple University. There, he met Daryl Hall, quickly bonding over their love of rock, soul, and R&B, before forming Daryl Hall & John Oates in 1970. While Oates is best known as the band's mustachioed lead guitarist and back-up vocalist, he's also cowritten iconic hits such as “Out of Touch” and “I Can't Go for That (No Can Do).” The duo appeared in historic charity initiatives such as Live Aid and “We Are The World,” and have remained active for over 50 years, though Oates has also flourished as a solo artist. He embraced sleek '70s funk on 2002's Phunk Shui, before delving into country and bluegrass on 2008's dreamy 1000 Miles of Life LP. Updating treasures of the past has remained a hallmark of Oates' solo work, as he revisited the delta blues that nourished his earliest musical interests on 2018's cinematic Arkansas.
Musical InfluencesJohn Oates's musical influences include Curtis Mayfield, The Temptations, Otis Redding and more.
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