{"id":216781,"date":"2023-11-22T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216781"},"modified":"2023-11-22T19:21:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T19:21:10","slug":"daryl-hall-sues-bandmate-john-oates-and-is-awarded-restraining-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/celebrities\/daryl-hall-sues-bandmate-john-oates-and-is-awarded-restraining-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Daryl Hall sues bandmate John Oates and is awarded restraining order"},"content":{"rendered":"
Daryl Hall has filed a lawsuit against his Hall & Oates bandmate John Oates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Grammy-nominated duo have broken up and reunited several times throughout their career – with\u00a0Hall, 77 and his trust, The Daryl Hall Revocable Trust, now suing Oates, 75, as well as his individual trust, The John W. Oates TISA Trust and its co-trustees, in the Nashville Chancery Court on Nov. 16, per The Philadelphia Inquirer.<\/p>\n
With the documents being sealed and classified as a ‘contract\/debt’ matter and both parties yet to make a statement on the situation, details of the lawsuit are slim.<\/p>\n
However,\u00a0TMZ\u00a0claims the pair were ‘in arbitration over some dispute,’ possibly ‘over division of royalties, or it could be over Oates singing their songs in solo acts’.<\/span><\/p>\n The outlet also reported Hall requested a restraining order against Oates, which the judge granted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for the pair for comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lawsuit:\u00a0Daryl Hall (right) has filed a lawsuit against his Hall & Oates bandmate John Oates (left); seen in 1980<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Details: Hall and his trust, The Daryl Hall Revocable Trust, sued Oates, as well as his individual trust, The John W. Oates TISA Trust and its co-trustees, in the Nashville Chancery Court on Nov. 16; seen in 2019<\/p>\n Established in Philadelphia in 1970, Hall & Oates are the most commercially successful duo in the history of recorded music, outselling Simon and Garfunkel and The Everly Brothers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During their peak years, spanning from 1974 to 1991, the duo achieved an impressive feat with 29 Top 40 hits.<\/span><\/p>\n Their timeless jams include ‘I Can\u2019t Go For That (No Can Do)’, ‘Maneater, ‘Rich Girl,’ ‘Kiss On My List,’ ‘Out Of Touch’ and ‘Private Eyes’.<\/span><\/p>\n They were also inducted into both the Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/p>\n But it hasn\u2019t all been smooth sailing.<\/p>\n In 1987, due to accounting irregularities, the couple were informed that they were virtually broke, despite the sold-out tours and record-breaking album sales.\u00a0<\/p>\n Oates was even forced to sell his four homes, plane and classic-car collection.\u00a0<\/p>\n They also sued their own publisher in 2008 and in 2015, sued a granola company for selling ‘Haulin\u2019 Oats’.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Legal battle:\u00a0With the documents being sealed and classified as a ‘contract\/debt’ matter and neither party yet to make a statement on the situation, details of the lawsuit are slim; Hall seen in 2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sealed case:\u00a0However, TMZ claims the pair were ‘in arbitration over some dispute,’ possibly ‘over division of royalties, or it could be over Oates singing their songs in solo acts’; Oates seen in 2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rich girl:\u00a0Established in Philadelphia in 1970, Hall and Oates are the most commercially successful duo in the history of recorded music, outselling Simon and Garfunkel and The Everly Brothers; seen in 1979<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Record breaking:\u00a0During their peak years, spanning from 1974 to 1991, the duo achieved an impressive feat with 29 Top 40 hits<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rifts:\u00a0And despite their success, the duo often have often gone years without playing or recording together; seen in 1985<\/p>\n And despite their success, the duo often have often gone years without playing or recording together.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hall said last year that the pair would not be releasing any new music together.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I don\u2019t have any plans to work with John. I mean, whatever. Time will tell,’ he told the L.A. Times<\/span>.<\/p>\n He mentioned that they had collaborated on music prior to the pandemic, adding, ‘Perceptions changed, life changed, everything changed. I\u2019m more interested in pursuing my own world. And so is John.’<\/p>\n He added, ‘That takes me back to what I was saying about duos. I had to say, ‘And so is John.’ I couldn\u2019t just say what I think, I had to add what he thinks. That\u2019s the f\u2014 up part of being a duo.’<\/p>\n