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Billy Griffin

Billy Griffin is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Smokey Robinson and Damon Harris. Those roots explain a lot about how Billy Griffin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joyce Sims, Kashif, Shalamar, Jaki Graham and S.O.S. Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Pasadenas, Take That, Aretha Franklin, The O'Jays and Ronald Isley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Billy Griffin, reaching back through Smokey Robinson and forward to The Pasadenas. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Billy GriffinSmokey RobinsonDamon HarrisThe PasadenasTake ThatAretha FranklinThe O'JaysRonald IsleyFreda PayneEdwin StarrHerb AlpertJoyce SimsKashifShalamarJaki GrahamS.O.S. BandAurraCheryl LynnDeBarge

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Billy Griffin connections

Billy Griffin grew out of Smokey Robinson and Damon Harris, shares an orbit with Joyce Sims, Kashif, Shalamar and Jaki Graham, went on to shape The Pasadenas, Take That, Aretha Franklin and The O'Jays. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Billy Griffin

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Billy Griffin.

Bands Billy Griffin shaped

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