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Got to Be There is a Contemporary R&B and House act. Their sound grew out of Bill Withers, Carole King and The Supremes. Those roots explain a lot about how Got to Be There arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Love You Save and Dancing Machine, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around Got to Be There, reaching back through Bill Withers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Got to Be There is the debut solo studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released by Motown on January 24, 1972, four weeks after the Jackson 5's Greatest Hits (1971). It includes the song of the same name, which was released on October 7, 1971, as Jackson's debut solo single.
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Got to Be There grew out of Bill Withers, Carole King and The Supremes, shares an orbit with The Love You Save and Dancing Machine. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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