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Bobby Kimball

Jazz
Jazz

Bobby Kimball is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Bad English, Frank Farian, Joseph Williams, The Isley Brothers and Whitesnake. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby Kimball arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Three Dog Night, Jimi Jamison, Quiet Riot, Al Jarreau and Richard Marx, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Bobby Kimball, reaching back through Bad English and forward to Three Dog Night. 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
Bobby KimballBad EnglishFrank FarianJoseph WilliamsThe Isley BrothersWhitesnakeDonny HathawayGeorge MichaelPatti LaBelleThree Dog NightJimi JamisonQuiet RiotAl JarreauRichard MarxLou GrammForeignerNazareth

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Bobby Kimball connections

Bobby Kimball grew out of Bad English, Frank Farian, Joseph Williams and The Isley Brothers, went on to shape Three Dog Night, Jimi Jamison, Quiet Riot and Al Jarreau. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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