◇ image via WikipediaAshford & Simpson
Ashford & Simpson is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of The Dave Clark Five. Those roots explain a lot about how Ashford & Simpson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Change, Skyy, Sharon Redd, MFSB and Shalamar, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tears Dry on Their Own, Syreeta Wright, The Marvelettes, Martha Reeves And The Vandellas and The Dynamic Superiors, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around Ashford & Simpson, reaching back through The Dave Clark Five and forward to Tears Dry on Their Own. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ashford & Simpson connections
Ashford & Simpson grew out of The Dave Clark Five, shares an orbit with Change, Skyy, Sharon Redd and MFSB, went on to shape Tears Dry on Their Own, Syreeta Wright, The Marvelettes and Martha Reeves And The Vandellas. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Ashford & Simpson
Sounds and acts that shaped Ashford & Simpson.
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Where the influence of Ashford & Simpson travelled next.
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