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Betty Everett is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of It's in His Kiss, Johnny Pate, Van McCoy, Merry Clayton and Vee-Jay Records. Those roots explain a lot about how Betty Everett arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Barbara Lewis, Maxine Brown, The Drifters and Doris Troy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gladys Knight, The Sweet Inspirations, Elliott Yamin, The Impressions and Marc Bolan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Betty Everett, reaching back through It's in His Kiss and forward to Gladys Knight. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Betty Jean Everett was an American soul singer and pianist, best known for her biggest hit single, the million-selling "Shoop Shoop Song ", and her duet "Let It Be Me" with Jerry Butler.
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Betty Everett connections
Betty Everett grew out of It's in His Kiss, Johnny Pate, Van McCoy and Merry Clayton, shares an orbit with Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Barbara Lewis, Maxine Brown and The Drifters, went on to shape Gladys Knight, The Sweet Inspirations, Elliott Yamin and The Impressions. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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