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Donny Osmond

Alternative rock
Alternative rockRhythm and blues

Donny Osmond is a Alternative rock and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Paul Anka, Jason Donovan, Roy Orbison, Nat King Cole and Peter Gabriel. Those roots explain a lot about how Donny Osmond arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cliff Richard, The Partridge Family, Bay City Rollers, Leo Sayer and Captain & Tennille, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fishbone, Dweezil Zappa, Zakk Wylde, Steve Lukather and Lil Yachty, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Donny Osmond, reaching back through Paul Anka and forward to Fishbone. 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
Donny OsmondPaul AnkaJason DonovanRoy OrbisonNat King ColePeter GabrielGary BarlowStevie WonderJoe SouthFishboneDweezil ZappaZakk WyldeSteve LukatherLil YachtyAlice CooperChamillionaireKrayzie BoneCliff RichardThe Partridge FamilyBay City RollersLeo SayerCaptain & TennilleThe New SeekersJoseph WilliamsCarpenters

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Donny Osmond grew out of Paul Anka, Jason Donovan, Roy Orbison and Nat King Cole, shares an orbit with Cliff Richard, The Partridge Family, Bay City Rollers and Leo Sayer, went on to shape Fishbone, Dweezil Zappa, Zakk Wylde and Steve Lukather. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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