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Frankie Laine is a Country and Folk act. Their catalogue also touches Jazz and Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Your Cheatin' Heart, Udo Jürgens, Kay Starr, Bessie Smith and Bing Crosby. Those roots explain a lot about how Frankie Laine arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Perry Como, Roger Miller, The Everly Brothers, The Statler Brothers and Dave Dudley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Old Ways, Denny Laine, Tony Banks, Anita O'Day and Agostinho dos Santos, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Frankie Laine, reaching back through Your Cheatin' Heart and forward to Old Ways. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Frankie Laine connections
Frankie Laine grew out of Your Cheatin' Heart, Udo Jürgens, Kay Starr and Bessie Smith, shares an orbit with Perry Como, Roger Miller, The Everly Brothers and The Statler Brothers, went on to shape Old Ways, Denny Laine, Tony Banks and Anita O'Day. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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