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George Baker Selection is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Otis Redding. Those roots explain a lot about how George Baker Selection arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stealers Wheel, Cliff Richard, Mungo Jerry, The Troggs and Dr. Hook, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Shoes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around George Baker Selection, reaching back through Otis Redding and forward to The Shoes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
George Baker Selection was a Dutch pop-rock band from Assendelft. The band is best-known for the 1969 song "Little Green Bag", the 1975 world-wide hit "Paloma Blanca", and the 1985 Pan European hit "Santa Lucia by Night".
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George Baker Selection connections
George Baker Selection grew out of Otis Redding, shares an orbit with Stealers Wheel, Cliff Richard, Mungo Jerry and The Troggs, went on to shape The Shoes. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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