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El DeBarge

Gospel
Gospel

El DeBarge is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Val Young, Keith Sweat, Andraé Crouch, Marvin Gaye and Robbie Nevil. Those roots explain a lot about how El DeBarge arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as DeBarge, Patti Austin, Shirley Murdock, Jeffrey Osborne and Al B. Sure!, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Raheem DeVaughn, Lorenzo and Al B. Sure!, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around El DeBarge, reaching back through Val Young and forward to Raheem DeVaughn. 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
El DeBargeVal YoungKeith SweatAndraé CrouchMarvin GayeRobbie NevilIndia ShawnDionne FarrisChristopher WilliamsRaheem DeVaughnLorenzoAl B. Sure!DeBargePatti AustinShirley MurdockJeffrey OsborneAl B. Sure!PebblesStacy LattisawRebbie Jackson

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El DeBarge connections

El DeBarge grew out of Val Young, Keith Sweat, Andraé Crouch and Marvin Gaye, shares an orbit with DeBarge, Patti Austin, Shirley Murdock and Jeffrey Osborne, went on to shape Raheem DeVaughn, Lorenzo and Al B. Sure!. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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