Dancing in the Street
Dancing in the Street is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Marvin Gaye. Those roots explain a lot about how Dancing in the Street arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Super Freak, Breakfast in America, For You Blue, Good Vibrations and I Was Made for Lovin' You, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann, The Mamas & the Papas and Van Halen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Dancing in the Street, reaching back through Marvin Gaye and forward to Grateful Dead. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Dancing in the Street connections
Dancing in the Street grew out of Marvin Gaye, shares an orbit with Super Freak, Breakfast in America, For You Blue and Good Vibrations, went on to shape Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann and The Mamas & the Papas. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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