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Biddu Orchestra is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Carpenters. Those roots explain a lot about how Biddu Orchestra arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bebu Silvetti, Ritchie Family, Constellation Orchestra, The Players Association and Hot Blood, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carl Douglas, Tina Charles, The Buggles, Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Biddu Orchestra, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Carl Douglas. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Biddu Appaiah, known mononymously as Biddu, is an Indian-British singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer who composed and produced many worldwide hit records during a career spanning five decades. Considered one of the pioneers of disco, Euro disco, and Indian pop, he has sold millions of records worldwide, and has received an Ivor Novello award for his work. He has been ranked at number 34 on NME's "The 50 Greatest Producers Ever" list.
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Biddu Orchestra connections
Biddu Orchestra grew out of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Carpenters, shares an orbit with Bebu Silvetti, Ritchie Family, Constellation Orchestra and The Players Association, went on to shape Carl Douglas, Tina Charles, The Buggles and Trevor Horn. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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