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Clara Ward

Clara Ward is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as Marion Williams, The Swan Silvertones, The Dixie Hummingbirds, Albertina Walker and Inez Andrews, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cissy Houston, Marion Williams, Albertina Walker, Aretha Franklin and Canned Heat, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Clara Ward and forward to Cissy Houston. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Clara Mae Ward was an American gospel singer who achieved great artistic and commercial success during the 1940s and 1950s, as leader of The Famous Ward Singers. A gifted singer and arranger, Ward adopted the lead-switching style, previously used primarily by male gospel quartets, creating opportunities for spontaneous improvisation and vamping by each member of the group, while giving virtuoso singers such as Marion Williams the opportunity to perform the lead vocal in songs such as "Surely, God Is Able", "How I Got Over" and "Packin' Up". The album Surely God Is Able by The Famous Ward Singers was the first by a gospel group to exceed sales of 500,000 units.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Clara WardCissy HoustonMarion WilliamsAlbertina WalkerAretha FranklinCanned HeatInez AndrewsBarbara DaneMarion WilliamsThe Swan SilvertonesThe Dixie HummingbirdsAlbertina WalkerInez AndrewsThomas A. DorseyCarlton PearsonThe Canton Spirituals

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Clara Ward connections

Clara Ward shares an orbit with Marion Williams, The Swan Silvertones, The Dixie Hummingbirds and Albertina Walker, went on to shape Cissy Houston, Marion Williams, Albertina Walker and Aretha Franklin. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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