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Dave is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Del Shannon, Glenn Miller, Tems, Jim Legxacy and D-Block Europe. Those roots explain a lot about how Dave arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stormzy, AJ Tracey, Giggs, Ghetts and D-Block Europe, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Handsome Boy Modeling School and Black Sherif, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Dave, reaching back through Del Shannon and forward to Handsome Boy Modeling School. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Wouter Otto Levenbach, known as Dave, is a Dutch Francophone singer who had a string of number one hits in France in the 1970s. A native of Amsterdam, he resides in Paris.
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Dave connections
Dave grew out of Del Shannon, Glenn Miller, Tems and Jim Legxacy, shares an orbit with Stormzy, AJ Tracey, Giggs and Ghetts, went on to shape Handsome Boy Modeling School and Black Sherif. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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