◇ image via WikipediaDonnie Elbert
Donnie Elbert is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Supremes, Otis Redding and Four Tops. Those roots explain a lot about how Donnie Elbert arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sly, Slick & Wicked, Brenton Wood, Sunny & The Sunliners, James & Bobby Purify and Brenda & The Tabulations, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Shirley & Company, The Rimshots and Darrell Banks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Donnie Elbert, reaching back through The Supremes and forward to Shirley & Company. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Donnie Elbert was an American soul singer and songwriter, who had a prolific career from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s. His U.S. hits included "Where Did Our Love Go?" (1971), and his reputation as a Northern soul artist in the UK was secured by "A Little Piece of Leather", a performance highlighting his powerful falsetto voice.
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Donnie Elbert connections
Donnie Elbert grew out of The Supremes, Otis Redding and Four Tops, shares an orbit with Sly, Slick & Wicked, Brenton Wood, Sunny & The Sunliners and James & Bobby Purify, went on to shape Shirley & Company, The Rimshots and Darrell Banks. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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