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Eddie Holland

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Eddie Holland is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Rupert Holmes and Motown. Those roots explain a lot about how Eddie Holland arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Contours, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Marv Johnson, Edwin Starr and The Originals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Martha and the Vandellas, The Strypes, The Supremes, The Temptations and The Marvelettes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Eddie Holland, reaching back through Rupert Holmes and forward to Martha and the Vandellas. 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
Eddie HollandRupert HolmesMotownMartha and the Vande…The StrypesThe SupremesThe TemptationsThe MarvelettesThe Isley BrothersThe Four TopsDoggumentaryThe ContoursJr. Walker & The All…Marv JohnsonEdwin StarrThe OriginalsMartha Reeves & The …The Four TopsThe Supremes

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Eddie Holland connections

Eddie Holland grew out of Rupert Holmes and Motown, shares an orbit with The Contours, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Marv Johnson and Edwin Starr, went on to shape Martha and the Vandellas, The Strypes, The Supremes and The Temptations. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Eddie Holland

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Sounds and acts that shaped Eddie Holland.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Eddie Holland.

Bands Eddie Holland shaped

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