◇ image via WikipediaBarbara Acklin
Barbara Acklin is a House act. Their sound grew out of Isaac Hayes and Young-Holt Unlimited. Those roots explain a lot about how Barbara Acklin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barbara Lewis, Tyrone Davis, James & Bobby Purify, Betty Everett and Chairmen Of The Board, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tyrone Davis, Jackie Wilson, Gene Chandler, Young-Holt Unlimited and Dusty Springfield, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Barbara Acklin, reaching back through Isaac Hayes and forward to Tyrone Davis. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Barbara Jean Acklin was an American soul singer and songwriter, who was most successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit as a singer was "Love Makes a Woman" (1968). As a songwriter, she is best known for co-writing the multi-million-selling "Have You Seen Her" (1971) with Eugene Record, lead singer of the Chi-Lites.
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Barbara Acklin connections
Barbara Acklin grew out of Isaac Hayes and Young-Holt Unlimited, shares an orbit with Barbara Lewis, Tyrone Davis, James & Bobby Purify and Betty Everett, went on to shape Tyrone Davis, Jackie Wilson, Gene Chandler and Young-Holt Unlimited. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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Artists similar to Barbara Acklin
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