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Big Maybelle is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Mellow Yellow, Question Mark, 96 Tears and Mickey Baker. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Maybelle arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chuck Willis, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Percy Mayfield, Louis Jordan and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Candye Kane, Dinah Washington, Mahalia Jackson and Jerry Lee Lewis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Big Maybelle, reaching back through Mellow Yellow and forward to Candye Kane. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Big Maybelle connections
Big Maybelle grew out of Mellow Yellow, Question Mark, 96 Tears and Mickey Baker, shares an orbit with Chuck Willis, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Percy Mayfield and Louis Jordan, went on to shape Candye Kane, Dinah Washington, Mahalia Jackson and Jerry Lee Lewis. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Big Maybelle
Sounds and acts that shaped Big Maybelle.
Artists similar to Big Maybelle
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Big Maybelle.
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