◇ image via WikipediaBobby O
Bobby O is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Joe Smooth. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby O arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Digital Emotion, The Flirts, Mike Mareen, Radiorama and My Mine, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys and Chris Lowe, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Bobby O, reaching back through Joe Smooth and forward to Neil Tennant. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bobby O grew out of Joe Smooth, shares an orbit with Digital Emotion, The Flirts, Mike Mareen and Radiorama, went on to shape Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys and Chris Lowe. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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