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Golden Gate Quartet

Gospel
Gospel

Golden Gate Quartet is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of The Mills Brothers and The Jubalaires. Those roots explain a lot about how Golden Gate Quartet arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mahalia Jackson, John Lee Hooker, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ray Charles and Rev. Gary Davis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Elvis Presley, The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Ink Spots, The Jubalaires and The Soul Stirrers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Golden Gate Quartet, reaching back through The Mills Brothers and forward to Elvis Presley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Golden Gate QuartetThe Mills BrothersThe JubalairesElvis PresleyThe Dixie HummingbirdsThe Ink SpotsThe JubalairesThe Soul StirrersRy CooderMichel JonaszRecoilMahalia JacksonJohn Lee HookerSister Rosetta TharpeRay CharlesRev. Gary DavisWashington PhillipsBessie SmithOdetta

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Golden Gate Quartet connections

Golden Gate Quartet grew out of The Mills Brothers and The Jubalaires, shares an orbit with Mahalia Jackson, John Lee Hooker, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Ray Charles, went on to shape Elvis Presley, The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Ink Spots and The Jubalaires. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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