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Debra Laws is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stevie Wonder, Ronnie Laws, Hubert Laws, George Duke and Betty Wright. Those roots explain a lot about how Debra Laws arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Jones Girls, Patti Austin, Stacy Lattisaw, Tracie Spencer and Major Harris, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mary J. Blige, Big Daddy Kane, Jennifer Lopez and K. Michelle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Debra Laws, reaching back through Stevie Wonder and forward to Mary J. Blige. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Debra Renee Laws is an American singer and actress from Houston, Texas. She is best known for her 1981 R&B/soul ballad "Very Special". In her music career, she works closely with her siblings, Eloise Laws, Hubert Laws and Ronnie Laws, who are producers.
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Debra Laws connections
Debra Laws grew out of Stevie Wonder, Ronnie Laws, Hubert Laws and George Duke, shares an orbit with The Jones Girls, Patti Austin, Stacy Lattisaw and Tracie Spencer, went on to shape Mary J. Blige, Big Daddy Kane, Jennifer Lopez and K. Michelle. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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