◇ image via WikipediaCarl Carlton
Carl Carlton is a Funk and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Stevie Wonder, Leon Haywood, Robert Knight, Bunny Sigler and Narada Michael Walden. Those roots explain a lot about how Carl Carlton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lakeside, The Gap Band, Cheryl Lynn, Kool & The Gang and The Whispers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dru Hill, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Carl Carlton, reaching back through Stevie Wonder and forward to Dru Hill. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Carl Carlton connections
Carl Carlton grew out of Stevie Wonder, Leon Haywood, Robert Knight and Bunny Sigler, shares an orbit with Lakeside, The Gap Band, Cheryl Lynn and Kool & The Gang, went on to shape Dru Hill. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Carl Carlton
Sounds and acts that shaped Carl Carlton.
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