◇ image via WikipediaDavid Essex
David Essex is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Saint Etienne. Those roots explain a lot about how David Essex arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mud, Cliff Richard, The New Seekers, Bay City Rollers and Sweet, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Saint Etienne, Automatic for the People and Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around David Essex, reaching back through Saint Etienne and forward to Saint Etienne. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
David Essex is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he had nineteen Top-40 singles in the UK and sixteen Top-40 albums. Internationally, he had the most success with his 1973 single "Rock On".
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David Essex connections
David Essex grew out of Saint Etienne, shares an orbit with Mud, Cliff Richard, The New Seekers and Bay City Rollers, went on to shape Saint Etienne, Automatic for the People and Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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