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Asha Puthli

Asha Puthli is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Say She She, Ornette Coleman, J.J. Cale, Bill Withers and Neil Sedaka. Those roots explain a lot about how Asha Puthli arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Betty Davis, Rotary Connection, Gwen McCrae, Fatback Band and Weldon Irvine, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dres, Jermaine Dupri, SWV, Talvin Singh and Prefuse 73, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Asha Puthli, reaching back through Say She She and forward to Dres. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Asha Puthli is an Indian-born American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress. She moved to New York from Mumbai with a dance scholarship, and in 1970, she was signed to CBS Records and subsequently released several solo albums. Her recordings cover blues, pop, rock, soul, funk, disco, and techno music. She also starred in films by Merchant Ivory and Bruno Corbucci. In 2025, Puthli was inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Asha PuthliSay She SheOrnette ColemanJ.J. CaleBill WithersNeil SedakaElton JohnT. RexDresJermaine DupriSWVTalvin SinghPrefuse 73KanoRaveenaP. DiddyBetty DavisRotary ConnectionGwen McCraeFatback BandWeldon IrvineLonnie Liston SmithRufusShuggie Otis

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Asha Puthli connections

Asha Puthli grew out of Say She She, Ornette Coleman, J.J. Cale and Bill Withers, shares an orbit with Betty Davis, Rotary Connection, Gwen McCrae and Fatback Band, went on to shape Dres, Jermaine Dupri, SWV and Talvin Singh. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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