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Gene Chandler

Gene Chandler is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Lloyd Price, Vee-Jay Records, Barbara Acklin, Curtis Mayfield and James Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Gene Chandler arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Betty Everett, Maxine Brown, Barbara Lewis, The Contours and Edwin Starr, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Loleatta Holloway, Phil Upchurch, Jerry Butler, The Impressions and Leroy Hutson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Gene Chandler, reaching back through Lloyd Price and forward to Loleatta Holloway. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Gene Chandler is an American singer, songwriter, music producer, and record-label executive. Chandler is nicknamed "the Duke of Earl" or, simply, "the Duke." He is best known for his most successful songs, "Duke of Earl" and "Groovy Situation", and his association with the Dukays, the Impressions, and Curtis Mayfield.

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Gene ChandlerLloyd PriceVee-Jay RecordsBarbara AcklinCurtis MayfieldJames BrownMary WellsCharles PittsLoleatta HollowayPhil UpchurchJerry ButlerThe ImpressionsLeroy HutsonEric ClaptonJohnny NashCypress HillBetty EverettMaxine BrownBarbara LewisThe ContoursEdwin StarrLittle Anthony & the…The DriftersJames & Bobby Purify

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Gene Chandler connections

Gene Chandler grew out of Lloyd Price, Vee-Jay Records, Barbara Acklin and Curtis Mayfield, shares an orbit with Betty Everett, Maxine Brown, Barbara Lewis and The Contours, went on to shape Loleatta Holloway, Phil Upchurch, Jerry Butler and The Impressions. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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