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Diana King

Reggae
Reggae

Diana King is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of I Say a Little Prayer, Papa Dee, Eternal, Rufus and The Notorious B.I.G.. Those roots explain a lot about how Diana King arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lisa Stansfield, En Vogue, Color Me Badd, Toni Braxton and Shola Ama, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Maki Goto, Brian McKnight, Céline Dion, Brownstone and Toots Hibbert, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Diana King, reaching back through I Say a Little Prayer and forward to Maki Goto. 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
Diana KingI Say a Little PrayerPapa DeeEternalRufusThe Notorious B.I.G.Bob MarleyDionne WarwickMaki GotoBrian McKnightCéline DionBrownstoneToots HibbertZiggy MarleyBuju BantonIni KamozeLisa StansfieldEn VogueColor Me BaddToni BraxtonShola AmaCe Ce PenistonVanessa WilliamsWill Smith

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Diana King grew out of I Say a Little Prayer, Papa Dee, Eternal and Rufus, shares an orbit with Lisa Stansfield, En Vogue, Color Me Badd and Toni Braxton, went on to shape Maki Goto, Brian McKnight, Céline Dion and Brownstone. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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