Daryl Hall is suing his musical partner John Oates and has obtained a restraining order against him as part of the lawsuit.
The American pair, who are the most commercially successful duo in the history of pop music, formed in 1970 and have sold more than 40 million records worldwide. They had 29 hit singles in total, including "Maneater", "Out of Touch" and "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)". In the 1980s, they spent 246 weeks in the US charts, "more than even Michael Jackson and Madonna", said the BBC.
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Last year Hall, who is now 77, told Bill Maher's "Club Random" podcast that Oates and him were "brothers, but we are not creative brothers. We are business partners. We made records called Hall & Oates together, but we've always been very separate, and that's a really important thing for me."
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