John Oates is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist famed for his almost five-decade partnership with Daryl Hall, which took them to the top of the charts with Grammy Award nominations and places in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He released his first solo album 'Phung Shui' in 2002 and he has made six more on his own as has he continued to perform with Hall and also with the John Oates Band. Born in New York City, he released a single titled 'I Need Your Love' in 1966 and played with several groups while at college in Philadelphia where he met Hall. His second solo album '1000 Miles of Life' came out in 2008 followed by 'Mississippi Mile', which went to number six on Billboard's Blues Albums Chart in 2011. His other solo albums are 'Good Road to Follow' (2014) and 'Live at the Troubadour' (2014) with a collection of blues, jazz and spiritual songs titled 'Arkansas' released in February 2018. He published an autobiography titled 'Change of Seasons' in 2017 and he continues to tour with Daryl Hall.2
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