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Gérald de Palmas is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Specials and Étienne Daho. Those roots explain a lot about how Gérald de Palmas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Francis Cabrel, Calogero, Eddy Mitchell, Axel Bauer and Yannick Noah, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Christophe Maé and Céline Dion, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Gérald de Palmas, reaching back through The Specials and forward to Christophe Maé. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gérald Gardrinier, better known by his stage name Gérald de Palmas, is a French singer-songwriter.
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Gérald de Palmas connections
Gérald de Palmas grew out of The Specials and Étienne Daho, shares an orbit with Francis Cabrel, Calogero, Eddy Mitchell and Axel Bauer, went on to shape Christophe Maé and Céline Dion. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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