◇ image via WikipediaCarl Anderson
Carl Anderson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright. Those roots explain a lot about how Carl Anderson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Brenda Russell, Patti Austin, Natalie Cole, Liza Minnelli and Phil Perry, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Leonard Cohen, Syreeta, Sebastian Bach and Corey Glover, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Carl Anderson, reaching back through Stevie Wonder and forward to Leonard Cohen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Carlton Earl "Carl" Anderson was an American singer, film and theater actor best known for his portrayal of Judas Iscariot in the Broadway and film versions of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. He and Gloria Loring performed the duet "Friends and Lovers", which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986.
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Carl Anderson connections
Carl Anderson grew out of Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright, shares an orbit with Brenda Russell, Patti Austin, Natalie Cole and Liza Minnelli, went on to shape Leonard Cohen, Syreeta, Sebastian Bach and Corey Glover. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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