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Anita Baker

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Anita Baker is a House act. Their sound grew out of Vesta Williams, The Emotions, The Winans, Gerald Levert and Mica Paris. Those roots explain a lot about how Anita Baker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Miki Howard, Toni Braxton, DeBarge, Mary J. Blige and Rufus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fierce, Elle Varner, Cina Soul, SiR and Ce Ce Peniston, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Anita Baker, reaching back through Vesta Williams and forward to Fierce. 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
Anita BakerVesta WilliamsThe EmotionsThe WinansGerald LevertMica ParisFrank SinatraTyreseGeorge DukeFierceElle VarnerCina SoulSiRCe Ce PenistonKim EnglishVestaThe WinansMiki HowardToni BraxtonDeBargeMary J. BligeRufusLoose EndsTeena MarieAl B. Sure!

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Anita Baker connections

Anita Baker grew out of Vesta Williams, The Emotions, The Winans and Gerald Levert, shares an orbit with Miki Howard, Toni Braxton, DeBarge and Mary J. Blige, went on to shape Fierce, Elle Varner, Cina Soul and SiR. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Anita Baker

Roots13

Sounds and acts that shaped Anita Baker.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Anita Baker.

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