Daryl Hall, ‘BeforeAfter.’ The songs of Hall and Oates permeated both the AM and FM airwaves in the later 1970s and much of the ’80s, with 29 Top-40 singles (six of them going to No. 1). These were slick songs, most of them mid-tempo earworms that mixed Philly soul…

Insert Foot vs. Iron Maiden haters. If you didn’t notice, it’s time to get hysterical again over Rock and Roll Hall of Fame selections. I don’t get a say in the critic’s vote, which I accepted a long time ago. One doesn’t give Metallica’s St. Anger a positive review…