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Daryl Hall, 79, Says His Kidney Transplant Was a ‘Complete Success’
The Hall & Oates singer said he received a kidney from a living donor and is already feeling better
Daryl Hall, 79, said he recently received a kidney transplant from a living donor. Here, he’s performing in San Diego in 2018.
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Key takeaways
- Daryl Hall said doctors told him the transplant was successful. He added that he is already starting to feel better.
- The singer did not share what led to the surgery or identify the living donor.
- Hall & Oates, formed in Philadelphia in the early 1970s, became one of pop’s most familiar duos with hits like “Private Eyes” and “Maneater.”
Daryl Hall says he received a kidney transplant from a living donor and is already starting to feel better.
“I recently received a kidney transplant from a very kind and generous living donor,” the 79-year-old singer wrote on Instagram.
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In sharing the news on June 23, he told fans that the surgery happened “a couple of weeks ago” and that his doctors called it “a complete success.”
“I should be back to normal in a few months, so get ready for more music and lots of Daryl’s House shows,” he wrote, referring to his restaurant and live music club venue in Pawling, New York.
Hall did not say what led to the transplant, but did say that the kidney came from a living donor. In that type of transplant, the Mayo Clinic says, a healthy person donates one kidney to someone whose kidneys no longer work properly. Only one kidney is needed to live. Living donors can be relatives, friends, coworkers or strangers.
Chronic kidney disease becomes more common with age. Estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show it affects about 13 percent of adults ages 45 to 64 and 34 percent of adults 65 and older. About 9 in 10 adults 20 and older with the disease do not know they have it.
For adults 50-plus, AARP recommends asking a doctor to review heart, kidney and metabolic health together, especially if you have high blood pressure, prediabetes, diabetes, kidney disease, excess weight, abnormal cholesterol or a history of heart disease. That can mean checking blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar, along with ordering blood and urine tests that show how well the kidneys are working.
Hall is best known as one half of Hall & Oates, the pop and soul duo he formed with John Oates in Philadelphia in the early 1970s. The pair’s hits include “Rich Girl,” “Private Eyes,” “Maneater” and “Out of Touch,” songs that became part of the soundtrack for many fans who came of age in the 1970s and 1980s. They earned five Grammy nominations but no wins and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
Hall kept going on his own. His online concert series Live From Daryl’s House turned loose jam sessions with other musicians into a long-running second act, and he released the solo album D in 2024. In a 2025 interview with People, Hall said staying creatively alive means finding ways to “refresh yourself” and keep the work interesting.
Kidney health
For readers tracking their kidney health, AARP’s Smart Guide to Kidney Health discusses how kidney function can change after 40, which tests to ask about and steps that may lower the risk of kidney disease.
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