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Brian Holland is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Rupert Holmes. Those roots explain a lot about how Brian Holland arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Norman Whitfield, Harvey Fuqua, Blacknuss and The Funk Brothers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Four Tops, Doggumentary, The Isley Brothers, The Marvelettes and Martha and the Vandellas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Brian Holland, reaching back through Rupert Holmes and forward to The Four Tops. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Brian Holland connections
Brian Holland grew out of Rupert Holmes, shares an orbit with Norman Whitfield, Harvey Fuqua, Blacknuss and The Funk Brothers, went on to shape The Four Tops, Doggumentary, The Isley Brothers and The Marvelettes. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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