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Darlene Love is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Bill Medley, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Tata Vega, Little Steven and The Ronettes. Those roots explain a lot about how Darlene Love arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eartha Kitt, Amy Grant, The Righteous Brothers, The Drifters and The Supremes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Phil Spector, Sonny & Cher, Bette Midler, Cher and Patti LaBelle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Darlene Love, reaching back through Bill Medley and forward to Phil Spector. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Darlene Love connections
Darlene Love grew out of Bill Medley, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Tata Vega and Little Steven, shares an orbit with Eartha Kitt, Amy Grant, The Righteous Brothers and The Drifters, went on to shape Phil Spector, Sonny & Cher, Bette Midler and Cher. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Darlene Love
Sounds and acts that shaped Darlene Love.
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- Little Stevenartist
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