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Diana Ross and the Supremes is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Drifters, Ray Charles, Brenda Holloway, R. Dean Taylor and The Ebonys. Those roots explain a lot about how Diana Ross and the Supremes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Supremes, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Four Tops, Diana Ross and Jr. Walker & The All Stars, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, The Marvelettes and Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Diana Ross and the Supremes, reaching back through The Drifters and forward to The Temptations. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Supremes were an American girl group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959 as the Primettes. The premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful American vocal group, with twelve number 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland. The breakthrough by the Supremes is considered to have made it possible for future African-American R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success. Billboard ranked the Supremes as the 16th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time.
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Diana Ross and the Supremes connections
Diana Ross and the Supremes grew out of The Drifters, Ray Charles, Brenda Holloway and R. Dean Taylor, shares an orbit with The Supremes, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Four Tops and Diana Ross, went on to shape The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells and The Marvelettes. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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