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Bobby Vee

Rock
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Bobby Vee is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Carole King, The Shadows, Buddy Holly, Earl Palmer and Gene Pitney. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby Vee arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Neil Sedaka, The Everly Brothers, The Drifters, Bobby Vinton and Ritchie Valens, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dion, Bob Dylan and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Bobby Vee, reaching back through Carole King and forward to Dion. 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 VeeCarole KingThe ShadowsBuddy HollyEarl PalmerGene PitneyThe SuburbsIvanSonny CurtisDionBob DylanDon't Shoot Me I'm O…Neil SedakaThe Everly BrothersThe DriftersBobby VintonRitchie ValensDuane EddyHerman's HermitsConnie Francis

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Bobby Vee connections

Bobby Vee grew out of Carole King, The Shadows, Buddy Holly and Earl Palmer, shares an orbit with Neil Sedaka, The Everly Brothers, The Drifters and Bobby Vinton, went on to shape Dion, Bob Dylan and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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