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GQ

GQ is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Marvin Gaye, The Rhythm Makers and Billy Stewart. Those roots explain a lot about how GQ arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ashford & Simpson, Lakeside, Fatback Band, Change and Skyy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Keith Sweat, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around GQ, reaching back through Marvin Gaye and forward to Keith Sweat. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

GQ was an American musical group formed in The Bronx, New York, primarily noted for its success in funk, R&B, soul music and disco. The core membership of the group commenced playing professionally, under different group names, as of 1968.

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GQMarvin GayeThe Rhythm MakersBilly StewartKeith SweatAshford & SimpsonLakesideFatback BandChangeSkyyA Taste of HoneyThe Jones GirlsS.O.S. Band

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GQ connections

GQ grew out of Marvin Gaye, The Rhythm Makers and Billy Stewart, shares an orbit with Ashford & Simpson, Lakeside, Fatback Band and Change, went on to shape Keith Sweat. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced GQ

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