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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 Yazoo, Art of Noise, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Robbie Nevil and Lamont Dozier. 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, ANOHNI, Depeche Mode, Bob Geldof and David Bowie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Alison Moyet, reaching back through Yazoo 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 MoyetYazooArt of NoiseSweet Dreams (Are Ma…Robbie NevilLamont DozierPaul YoungANOHNIDepeche ModeBob GeldofDavid BowiePete TownshendPaul McCartneyDave StewartT'PauErasureKim WildeEurythmicsAnnie LennoxABCOrchestral Manoeuvre…Deacon Blue

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Alison Moyet connections

Alison Moyet grew out of Yazoo, Art of Noise, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) and Robbie Nevil, shares an orbit with T'Pau, Erasure, Kim Wilde and Eurythmics, went on to shape Paul Young, ANOHNI, Depeche Mode and Bob Geldof. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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