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Bobby Caldwell is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Wild Cherry, Bob Marley, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Little Richard. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby Caldwell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pages, Gino Vannelli, Donny Hathaway, DeBarge and Patti Austin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Roberta Flack, Al Jarreau, BON-BON BLANCO, J Dilla and Elliott Yamin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Bobby Caldwell, reaching back through Wild Cherry and forward to Roberta Flack. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bobby Caldwell connections
Bobby Caldwell grew out of Wild Cherry, Bob Marley, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, shares an orbit with Pages, Gino Vannelli, Donny Hathaway and DeBarge, went on to shape Roberta Flack, Al Jarreau, BON-BON BLANCO and J Dilla. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Bobby Caldwell
Sounds and acts that shaped Bobby Caldwell.
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