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Alison Moyet

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B

Alison Moyet is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of Lamont Dozier, Yazoo, Art of Noise, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) and Robbie Nevil. Those roots explain a lot about how Alison Moyet arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as T'Pau, Erasure, Kim Wilde, Eurythmics and Annie Lennox, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Young, Kirsty MacColl, Erasure, ANOHNI and Depeche Mode, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Alison Moyet, reaching back through Lamont Dozier and forward to Paul Young. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Alison MoyetLamont DozierYazooArt of NoiseSweet Dreams (Are Ma…Robbie NevilPaul YoungKirsty MacCollErasureANOHNIDepeche ModeBob GeldofDavid BowiePete TownshendT'PauErasureKim WildeEurythmicsAnnie LennoxABCOrchestral Manoeuvre…Deacon Blue

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Alison Moyet connections

Alison Moyet grew out of Lamont Dozier, Yazoo, Art of Noise and Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), shares an orbit with T'Pau, Erasure, Kim Wilde and Eurythmics, went on to shape Paul Young, Kirsty MacColl, Erasure and ANOHNI. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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