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Doc Pomus

Blues
Blues

Doc Pomus is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Big Joe Turner and Mickey Baker. Those roots explain a lot about how Doc Pomus arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lil Green, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Johnny Adams, LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles and The Coasters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Doc Pomus, reaching back through Big Joe Turner and forward to Johnny Adams. 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
Doc PomusBig Joe TurnerMickey BakerJohnny AdamsLaVern BakerRuth BrownRay CharlesThe CoastersElvis PresleyThe DriftersBobby DarinLil Green

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Doc Pomus connections

Doc Pomus grew out of Big Joe Turner and Mickey Baker, shares an orbit with Lil Green, went on to shape Johnny Adams, LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown and Ray Charles. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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