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Charlene is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Pat Benatar, Petula Clark, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how Charlene arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stephen Bishop, Joshua Kadison, Captain & Tennille, Glenn Medeiros and Carpenters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Teena Marie, Kiki Dee, Vanity and DeBarge, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Charlene, reaching back through Pat Benatar and forward to Teena Marie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Charlene connections
Charlene grew out of Pat Benatar, Petula Clark, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, shares an orbit with Stephen Bishop, Joshua Kadison, Captain & Tennille and Glenn Medeiros, went on to shape Teena Marie, Kiki Dee, Vanity and DeBarge. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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