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Des'ree

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Des'ree is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Maxine Nightingale, Roachford and Imagination. Those roots explain a lot about how Des'ree arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lisa Stansfield, All Saints, Donna Lewis, En Vogue and Sophie B. Hawkins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Beyoncé, Laura Mvula, Steve Winwood, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Janet Jackson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Des'ree, reaching back through Maxine Nightingale and forward to Beyoncé. 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
Des'reeMaxine NightingaleRoachfordImaginationBeyoncéLaura MvulaSteve WinwoodLadysmith Black Mamb…Janet JacksonB'DayTerence Trent D'ArbySimply RedLisa StansfieldAll SaintsDonna LewisEn VogueSophie B. HawkinsToni BraxtonVanessa WilliamsCéline Dion

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Des'ree connections

Des'ree grew out of Maxine Nightingale, Roachford and Imagination, shares an orbit with Lisa Stansfield, All Saints, Donna Lewis and En Vogue, went on to shape Beyoncé, Laura Mvula, Steve Winwood and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Des'ree

Roots3

Sounds and acts that shaped Des'ree.

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Legacy9

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