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Dionne Farris

Dionne Farris is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, The Beatles and Billy Taylor. Those roots explain a lot about how Dionne Farris arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as En Vogue, Ce Ce Peniston, Toni Braxton, Amel Larrieux and India.Arie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into El DeBarge, Arrested Development, TLC, Xscape and Baby Tate, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Dionne Farris, reaching back through Dionne Warwick and forward to El DeBarge. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Dionne Farris is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New Jersey, she began singing in elementary school and competed in pageants as a teenager. In the early 1990s, she was featured on the hip-hop group Arrested Development's hit single "Tennessee" (1992).

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Dionne FarrisDionne WarwickDiana RossWhitney HoustonThe BeatlesBilly TaylorStevie WonderBill WithersVan HuntEl DeBargeArrested DevelopmentTLCXscapeBaby TateEn VogueCe Ce PenistonToni BraxtonAmel LarrieuxIndia.ArieNeneh CherryTerence Trent D'ArbyLes Nubians

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Dionne Farris grew out of Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston and The Beatles, shares an orbit with En Vogue, Ce Ce Peniston, Toni Braxton and Amel Larrieux, went on to shape El DeBarge, Arrested Development, TLC and Xscape. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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