◇ image via WikipediaBaby Washington
Baby Washington is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dusty Springfield. Those roots explain a lot about how Baby Washington arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Darrell Banks, Freddie Scott, Maxine Brown, Betty Everett and Ted Taylor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lorna Bennett, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Baby Washington, reaching back through Dusty Springfield and forward to Lorna Bennett. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Justine Washington, usually credited as Baby Washington, but credited on some early records as Jeanette (Baby) Washington, is an American soul music vocalist, who had 16 Billboard R&B chart entries in 15 years, most of them during the 1960s. Her biggest hit, "That's How Heartaches Are Made" in 1963, also entered the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Baby Washington connections
Baby Washington grew out of Dusty Springfield, shares an orbit with Darrell Banks, Freddie Scott, Maxine Brown and Betty Everett, went on to shape Lorna Bennett. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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