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Beverley Knight

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BHouseRhythm and blues

Beverley Knight is a Contemporary R&B and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Sam Cooke, Musiq, Roachford, Gabriella Cilmi and Ronnie Wood. Those roots explain a lot about how Beverley Knight arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shola Ama, All Saints, Emeli Sandé, Lisa Stansfield and Will Young, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stevie Wonder, Ron Wood, Michelle Williams, Shirley Caesar and Take That, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Beverley Knight, reaching back through Sam Cooke and forward to Stevie Wonder. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Beverley KnightSam CookeMusiqRoachfordGabriella CilmiRonnie WoodRobynRoni SizeErma FranklinStevie WonderRon WoodMichelle WilliamsShirley CaesarTake ThatPrinceQuincy JonesMay7venShola AmaAll SaintsEmeli SandéLisa StansfieldWill YoungJaki GrahamEn VogueHoneyz

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Beverley Knight connections

Beverley Knight grew out of Sam Cooke, Musiq, Roachford and Gabriella Cilmi, shares an orbit with Shola Ama, All Saints, Emeli Sandé and Lisa Stansfield, went on to shape Stevie Wonder, Ron Wood, Michelle Williams and Shirley Caesar. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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