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Gloria Jones

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Gloria Jones is a House act. Their sound grew out of Billy Preston, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Blossoms, Dr. John and Ry Cooder. Those roots explain a lot about how Gloria Jones arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shirley Ellis, Al Wilson, Edwin Starr, Barbara Acklin and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, gonzalez, Marc Almond, Louie Louie and My Ruin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Gloria Jones, reaching back through Billy Preston and forward to Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. 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
Gloria JonesBilly PrestonJerry Lee LewisThe BlossomsDr. JohnRy CooderMarc BolanNon-Stop Erotic Caba…gonzalezMarc AlmondLouie LouieMy RuinDusty SpringfieldGladys Knight & the …CommodoresShirley EllisAl WilsonEdwin StarrBarbara AcklinMartha Reeves & The …Just BrothersDoris TroyThe Contours

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Gloria Jones connections

Gloria Jones grew out of Billy Preston, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Blossoms and Dr. John, shares an orbit with Shirley Ellis, Al Wilson, Edwin Starr and Barbara Acklin, went on to shape Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, gonzalez, Marc Almond and Louie Louie. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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