◇ image via WikipediaDee Clark
Dee Clark is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Vee-Jay Records, Nobody but You, Doris Troy, Otis Blackwell and Clyde McPhatter. Those roots explain a lot about how Dee Clark arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Drifters, Jimmy Jones, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Betty Everett and Bobby Vee, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Phil Upchurch, Foster Sylvers and David Cassidy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Dee Clark, reaching back through Vee-Jay Records and forward to Phil Upchurch. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Dee Clark was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for a string of R&B and pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the song "Raindrops", which became a million-seller in the United States in 1961.
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Dee Clark connections
Dee Clark grew out of Vee-Jay Records, Nobody but You, Doris Troy and Otis Blackwell, shares an orbit with The Drifters, Jimmy Jones, Little Anthony & the Imperials and Betty Everett, went on to shape Phil Upchurch, Foster Sylvers and David Cassidy. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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