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Dee Dee Sharp is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Chubby Checker, The Orlons, Jackie Wilson, Little Eva and Lloyd Price. Those roots explain a lot about how Dee Dee Sharp arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Baby Washington, Betty Everett, Shirley Ellis, Bobby Vee and The Drifters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Billy Paul, Lou Rawls and Chubby Checker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Dee Dee Sharp, reaching back through Chubby Checker and forward to The O'Jays. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Dee Dee Sharp connections
Dee Dee Sharp grew out of Chubby Checker, The Orlons, Jackie Wilson and Little Eva, shares an orbit with Baby Washington, Betty Everett, Shirley Ellis and Bobby Vee, went on to shape The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Billy Paul and Lou Rawls. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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