◇ image via WikipediaEddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy is a Contemporary R&B and Dance-pop act. Their catalogue also touches Funk and Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of Rick James, Val Young, Atlantic Starr, Ebony and Ivory and Charlie Chaplin. Those roots explain a lot about how Eddie Murphy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Nu Shooz, The Jacksons, Dan Hartman, DeBarge and Irene Cara, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bo Burnham, It Wasn't Me, Sharam and R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Eddie Murphy, reaching back through Rick James and forward to Bo Burnham. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Eddie Murphy connections
Eddie Murphy grew out of Rick James, Val Young, Atlantic Starr and Ebony and Ivory, shares an orbit with Nu Shooz, The Jacksons, Dan Hartman and DeBarge, went on to shape Bo Burnham, It Wasn't Me, Sharam and R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Eddie Murphy
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