Live at the Apollo (Hall & Oates album)

Live at the Apollo is an album by Daryl Hall & John Oates released on 30 September 1985, recorded live at the Apollo Theater in New York. It is subtitled "With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks", of The Temptations-fame. The album is a mixture of their classics and some then-current songs by Hall & Oates. A VHS video of this concert with a different running order was released in 1987.

Live at the Apollo
Live album by Hall & Oates, David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks
Released	September 30, 1985
Recorded	May 23, 1985
Venue	Apollo Theater, NYC
Genre	Pop rock
Length	51:00
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Daryl Hall John Oates
Hall & Oates chronology
Big Bam Boom (1984) Live at the Apollo (1985) Ooh Yeah! (1988)
David Ruffin chronology
Gentleman Ruffin (1980) Live at the Apollo (1985) Ruffin & Kendrick (1988)
Eddie Kendricks chronology
I've Got My Eyes on You (1983) Live at the Apollo (1985) Ruffin & Kendrick (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

On July 13, 1985, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin appeared together at Live Aid, two months before this album was released.[2]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Apollo Medley" ("Get Ready"/"Ain't Too Proud To Beg"/"The Way You Do the Things You Do"/"My Girl")	Smokey Robinson Norman Whitfield Eddie Holland Robert Rogers Ronald White	12:49
2.	"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"	Isaac Hayes David Porter	4:44
3.	"Everytime You Go Away"	Daryl Hall	7:07

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"	Sara Allen Hall John Oates	7:58
2.	"One on One"	Hall	5:50
3.	"Possession Obsession"	Allen Hall Oates	5:54
4.	"Adult Education"	Allen Hall Oates	6:34

On some releases, the "Apollo Medley" is separated into individual tracks.

Personnel

• Daryl Hall - vocals, guitar, keyboards
• John Oates - vocals, guitar
• David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks - vocals
• G.E. Smith - guitar
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk - bass guitar, background vocals
• Mickey Curry - drums
• Charlie DeChant - saxophone, keyboards, background vocals
• Lenny Pickett - tenor saxophone
• Steve Elson - baritone saxophone
• Mac Gollehon, "Hollywood" Paul Litteral - trumpet
• Ray Anderson - trombone
• Michael Klvana, Robbie Kilgore - keyboards
• Wells Christy - keyboards, Synclavier
• Jimmy Maelen - percussion

Production

• Producers: Bob Clearmountain, Daryl Hall, John Oates
• Engineers: Bob Clearmountain, David Hewitt
• Mixing: Bob Clearmountain
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3]	39
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[4]	25
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5]	41
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6]	35
UK Albums (OCC)[7]	32
US Billboard 200[8]	21
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[9]	41

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US	US R&B
1985	"A Nite At The Apollo Live!"	20	40
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Live at the Apollo at AllMusic
2. Live Aid Free Website – Detailed List of Artists Having Performed on July 13th, 1985 Retrieved February 28, 2012
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
4. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0587". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Hall & Oates – Live At The Apollo" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
6. "Swedishcharts.com – Hall & Oates – Live At The Apollo". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
7. "Daryl Hall & John Oates | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
8. "Daryl Hall & John Oates Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
9. "Daryl Hall & John Oates Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2017.