◇ image via WikipediaHarold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of John Whitehead, Taana Gardner, McFadden & Whitehead, Janice McClain and The Ebonys. Those roots explain a lot about how Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dells, The Spinners, The Stylistics, The Dramatics and The Intruders, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gucci Mane, Snoop Dogg, Big Boi, Kanye West and Pleasure P, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, reaching back through John Whitehead and forward to Gucci Mane. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes connections
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes grew out of John Whitehead, Taana Gardner, McFadden & Whitehead and Janice McClain, shares an orbit with The Dells, The Spinners, The Stylistics and The Dramatics, went on to shape Gucci Mane, Snoop Dogg, Big Boi and Kanye West. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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