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Dee Dee Sharp

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HouseRhythm and blues

Dee Dee Sharp is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Jackie Wilson, Chubby Checker, The Orlons, 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 Major Lance, Baby Washington, Betty Everett, Shirley Ellis and The Chiffons, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lou Rawls, The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Billy Paul and Chubby Checker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Dee Dee Sharp, reaching back through Jackie Wilson and forward to Lou Rawls. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Dee Dee SharpJackie WilsonChubby CheckerThe OrlonsLittle EvaLloyd PriceLou RawlsThe O'JaysTeddy PendergrassBilly PaulChubby CheckerMajor LanceBaby WashingtonBetty EverettShirley EllisThe ChiffonsBobby VeeGene ChandlerThe Drifters

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Dee Dee Sharp connections

Dee Dee Sharp grew out of Jackie Wilson, Chubby Checker, The Orlons and Little Eva, shares an orbit with Major Lance, Baby Washington, Betty Everett and Shirley Ellis, went on to shape Lou Rawls, The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass and Billy Paul. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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