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Della Reese

Gospel
GospelJazzRhythm and blues

Della Reese is a Gospel and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Eugene McDaniels, Gene McDaniels, Merry Clayton, Goody Goody and Mahalia Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Della Reese arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Peggy Lee, Eartha Kitt, Shirley Bassey, Liza Minnelli and Doris Day, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and Martha Reeves, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Della Reese, reaching back through Eugene McDaniels and forward to Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Della ReeseEugene McDanielsGene McDanielsMerry ClaytonGoody GoodyMahalia JacksonEthel WatersIf I Can DreamBobby GoldsboroMartha Reeves & The …Martha ReevesPeggy LeeEartha KittShirley BasseyLiza MinnelliDoris DayNatalie ColeNancy WilsonDinah Washington

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Della Reese connections

Della Reese grew out of Eugene McDaniels, Gene McDaniels, Merry Clayton and Goody Goody, shares an orbit with Peggy Lee, Eartha Kitt, Shirley Bassey and Liza Minnelli, went on to shape Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and Martha Reeves. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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