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Freda Payne

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HouseJazzRhythm and blues

Freda Payne is a House and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of The Funk Brothers, Margo Guryan, Lamont Dozier, Billy Griffin and Ella Fitzgerald. Those roots explain a lot about how Freda Payne arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Honey Cone, Chairmen Of The Board, The Dramatics, Jr. Walker & The All Stars and Johnny Bristol, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bonnie Tyler, Tony Bongiovi, The Stylistics, Dennis Coffey and Jaki Graham, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Freda Payne, reaching back through The Funk Brothers and forward to Bonnie Tyler. 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
Freda PayneThe Funk BrothersMargo GuryanLamont DozierBilly GriffinElla FitzgeraldBillie HolidayBob BabbittBonnie TylerTony BongioviThe StylisticsDennis CoffeyJaki GrahamJanice McClainBelinda CarlisleStanley TurrentineHoney ConeChairmen Of The BoardThe DramaticsJr. Walker & The All…Johnny BristolAshford & SimpsonRose RoyceLabelle

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Freda Payne connections

Freda Payne grew out of The Funk Brothers, Margo Guryan, Lamont Dozier and Billy Griffin, shares an orbit with Honey Cone, Chairmen Of The Board, The Dramatics and Jr. Walker & The All Stars, went on to shape Bonnie Tyler, Tony Bongiovi, The Stylistics and Dennis Coffey. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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