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Carl Carlton

Funk
FunkRhythm and blues

Carl Carlton is a Funk and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Narada Michael Walden, Leon Haywood, Robert Knight, Bunny Sigler and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how Carl Carlton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Gap Band, Lakeside, 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 29 connections around Carl Carlton, reaching back through Narada Michael Walden 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Carl CarltonNarada Michael WaldenLeon HaywoodRobert KnightBunny SiglerStevie WonderDru HillThe Gap BandLakesideCheryl LynnKool & The GangThe WhispersRufusRick JamesA Taste of Honey

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Carl Carlton connections

Carl Carlton grew out of Narada Michael Walden, Leon Haywood, Robert Knight and Bunny Sigler, shares an orbit with The Gap Band, Lakeside, Cheryl Lynn and Kool & The Gang, went on to shape Dru Hill. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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