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Bill Medley is a Country and House act. Their sound grew out of Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Little Richard, Ray Charles and Bobby "Blue" Bland. Those roots explain a lot about how Bill Medley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Irene Cara, Starship, Air Supply, Blue Swede and Johnny Rivers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Michael McDonald, Jennifer Warnes, Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville and Shawn Colvin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Bill Medley, reaching back through Barry Mann and forward to Michael McDonald. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bill Medley connections
Bill Medley grew out of Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Little Richard and Ray Charles, shares an orbit with Irene Cara, Starship, Air Supply and Blue Swede, went on to shape Michael McDonald, Jennifer Warnes, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Bill Medley
Sounds and acts that shaped Bill Medley.
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