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Barrett Strong

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HouseRhythm and blues

Barrett Strong is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Harvey Fuqua. Those roots explain a lot about how Barrett Strong arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Contours, Eddie Holland, Edwin Starr, Jr. Walker & The All Stars and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Dells, Hey Bulldog, With the Beatles, Melanie Martinez and Smokey Robinson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Barrett Strong, reaching back through Harvey Fuqua and forward to The Dells. 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
Barrett StrongHarvey FuquaThe DellsHey BulldogWith the BeatlesMelanie MartinezSmokey RobinsonThe BeatlesThe Rolling StonesLed ZeppelinThe ContoursEddie HollandEdwin StarrJr. Walker & The All…Martha Reeves & The …Marv JohnsonBetty EverettThe Supremes

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Barrett Strong connections

Barrett Strong grew out of Harvey Fuqua, shares an orbit with The Contours, Eddie Holland, Edwin Starr and Jr. Walker & The All Stars, went on to shape The Dells, Hey Bulldog, With the Beatles and Melanie Martinez. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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