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Brenda Holloway

Brenda Holloway is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Frank Wilson, The Miracles, Jimmy Ruffin and Hotter than July. Those roots explain a lot about how Brenda Holloway arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Contours, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Martha Reeves And The Vandellas, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and Martha and the Vandellas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bonnie Pointer, Alicia Keys, Brenton Wood, Vivian Green and Cliff Richard, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Brenda Holloway, reaching back through Smokey Robinson and The Miracles and forward to Bonnie Pointer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Brenda Holloway is an American soul singer who was a recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the hits "Every Little Bit Hurts", "When I'm Gone", and "You've Made Me So Very Happy". The latter, which she co-wrote, was later widely popularized when it became a Top Ten hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears. She left Motown after four years, at the age of 22, and largely retired from the music industry until the 1990s, after her recordings had become popular on the British "Northern soul" scene.

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Brenda HollowaySmokey Robinson and …Frank WilsonThe MiraclesJimmy RuffinHotter than JulyMary WellsTina TurnerBonnie PointerAlicia KeysBrenton WoodVivian GreenCliff RichardBlood, Sweat & TearsP. P. ArnoldOgdens' Nut Gone FlakeThe ContoursJr. Walker & The All…Martha Reeves And Th…Martha Reeves & The …Martha and the Vande…Marv JohnsonThe Four TopsThe Originals

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Brenda Holloway connections

Brenda Holloway grew out of Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Frank Wilson, The Miracles and Jimmy Ruffin, shares an orbit with The Contours, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Martha Reeves And The Vandellas and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, went on to shape Bonnie Pointer, Alicia Keys, Brenton Wood and Vivian Green. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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