With the 2006 re-release of Hall and Oates' Rock 'N Soul Part I, (RCA/Legacy), a new generation will have the opportunity to experience what so many of us already know: "blue-eyed soul" captured a definite segment of '70s & '80s music.
In September of 1983, Daryl Hall, John Oates, G. E. Smith, Tom (T-Bone) Wolk, Mickey Curry, and Charlie DeChant came together with producer/engineer Bob Clearmountain and assistant engineer Bruce Buchhalter on 8th Street, Greenwich Village, NYC to record two new tracks for the greatest hits compilation that would become Rock 'N Soul Part I. Included on Hall & Oates Rock 'N Soul Part I:
1. "Say It Isn't So" (Pop #2 / chart debut 10/29/83; R&B #45 / chart debut 11/12/83);
2. "Sara Smile" (Pop #4 / chart debut 01/31/76; R&B #23 / chart debut 04/03/76);
3. "She's Gone" (Pop #7 / chart debut 07/24/76; R&B #93 / chart debut 10/02/76);
4. "Rich Girl" (Pop #1 / chart debut 01/22/77; R&B #64 / chart debut 02/12/77);
5. "Kiss On My List" (Pop #1 / chart debut 01/24//81);
6. "You Make My Dreams" (Pop #5 / chart debut 05/02/81);
7. "Private Eyes" (Pop #1 / chart debut 06/29/81);
8. "Adult Education" (Pop #8 / chart debut 02/18/84; R&B #50 / chart debut 03/03/84);
9. "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" (Pop #1 / chart debut 11/14/81; R&B #1 / chart debut 11/28/81);
10. "Maneater" (Pop #1 / chart debut 10/16/82; R&B #78 / chart debut 11/20/82);
11. "One On One" (Pop #7 / chart debut 01/29/83; R&B #8 / chart debut 02/12/83);
12. "Wait For Me" (Live Version)
13. "Family Man" (BONUS TRACK ā Pop #6 / chart debut 04/30/83; R&B #81 / chart debut 06/11/83)
14. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" (BONUS TRACK ā Pop #12 / chart debut 09/27/80)







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1 - Dawn
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