En Filadelfia, a finales de los años sesenta, Daryl Hall y John Oates se conocieron de una forma bastante peculiar. Ambos asistían a la Universidad de Temple y, aunque formaban parte de diferentes bandas, coincidieron en un concurso de talentos local. Una pelea que estalló durante el evento los llevó a refugiarse en la misma escalera de incendios y a descubrir que compartían intereses musicales similares. Este encuentro inicial marcó el inicio de una de las colaboraciones más exitosas en la historia de la música pop.
Después de su reunión casual, Hall y Oates decidieron iniciar una colaboración formal en 1970. Firmaron con Atlantic Records y lanzaron su primer álbum, Whole Oats, en 1972. Aunque el álbum no tuvo un gran éxito comercial, estableció las bases para su sonido único: una mezcla de soul, rock y pop que luego sería conocido como "blue-eyed soul".
Su primer gran éxito llegó en 1975 con el álbum Daryl Hall & John Oates, que incluía el sencillo "Sara Smile", una canción escrita por Hall para su entonces novia Sara Allen. "Sara Smile" se convirtió en un éxito rotundo, alcanzando el número 4 en las listas de Billboard.
El periodo entre 1976 y 1985 fue la época dorada para Hall and Oates. Lanzaron una serie de álbumes que fueron oro y platino, produciendo una cadena de éxitos que incluía canciones como "Rich Girl", "Kiss on My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't
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You're a rich girl
And you've gone too far
'Cause you know it
Don't matter anyway
You can rely
On the old man's money
You can rely
On the old man honey
It's a bitch girl
But it's gone too far
'Cause you know
It don't matter anyway
You can say money
But it won't get you too far
Get you too far
And don't you know
Don't you know
That it's wrong to take
What he's giving you
So far gone, on your own
You can get along
If you try to be strong
But you'll never be strong
'Cause
You're a rich girl
And you've gone too far
'Cause you know
It don't matter anyway
You can rely
On the old man's money
You can rely
On the old man honey
It's a bitch girl
And it's gone too far
'Cause you know
It don't matter anyway
You can say money
But it won't get you too far
Get you too far
High and dry
And out of the rain
It's so easy to hurt others
When you can't feel pain
And don't you know
That a love can't grow
'Cause there's too much to give
'Cause you'd rather live
For the thrill of it all, oh
You're a rich girl
And you've gone too far
'Cause you know
It don't matter anyway
You can rely
On the old man's money
You can rely
On the old man's money
It's a bitch girl
And it's gone too far
'Cause you know
It don't matter anyway
Say money
But it won't get you too far
Say money
But it won't get you too far
Say money
But it won't get you too far
Get you too far
And you say
You can rely
On the old man's money
You can rely
On the old man's money
You're a rich girl
A rich girl
Oh, you're a rich, rich girl, yeah
Say money
But it won't get you too far
Oh, get ya too far