Did you know?: Hall & Oates first met in an elevator while hiding from gunfire

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The classic story of how Daryl Hall and John Oates first met is one of the all-time best. Each playing a gig in Philadelphia with their respective bands, the soon to be duo was forced into a freight elevator to hide from a hail of gunfire. From an interview with Daryl Hall:

When I was about 17 or 18 years old I had a doo-wop street- corner group called the Temptones, and one night in 1967 we were supposed to sing at a place called the Adelphi Ballroom in West Philadelphia. There were a lot of R’n’B bands on the bill, including a group called the Masters, which turned out to be John Oates’s band. And suddenly, right before we were due to go on, a fight broke out between rival high-school fraternities – which really were just gangs with Greek letters. There were chains and knives and shots rang out. Obviously, the show was over.

We were on the upper floor and there was a lift down to the street, so I ran and jumped into it, and John Oates was in it too. I said, “Oh, well, you didn’t get to go on, either. How ya doin’? You go to Temple University, I go to Temple University. See you later, bye.” And that was it, that’s how we met.

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