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Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Whitney Houston. Those roots explain a lot about how Boy Meets Girl arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Climie Fisher, Belinda Carlisle, Go West, Starship and Cock Robin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Deniece Williams, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, Bette Midler and Mylo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Boy Meets Girl, reaching back through Whitney Houston and forward to Deniece Williams. 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
Boy Meets GirlWhitney HoustonDeniece WilliamsDolly PartonSmokey RobinsonBette MidlerMyloKim CarnesNatalie La RoseJeremihClimie FisherBelinda CarlisleGo WestStarshipCock RobinT'PauMike & The MechanicsJohn Parr

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Boy Meets Girl connections

Boy Meets Girl grew out of Whitney Houston, shares an orbit with Climie Fisher, Belinda Carlisle, Go West and Starship, went on to shape Deniece Williams, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson and Bette Midler. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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