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Here, My Dear

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Here, My Dear is a Funk and House act. Their sound grew out of Stevie Wonder and George Clinton. Those roots explain a lot about how Here, My Dear arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Bootsy Collins, Salaam Remi, Questlove, Prince Paul and DJ Smash, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Here, My Dear, reaching back through Stevie Wonder and forward to Bootsy Collins. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Here, My Dear is the fourteenth studio album by the American soul singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye, released as a double album on December 15, 1978, on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took place between 1977 and 1978 at Gaye's personal studios, Marvin Gaye Studios, in Los Angeles, California. It is a concept album, notable for its subject matter focusing largely on Gaye's acrimonious divorce from his first wife, Anna Gordy Gaye.

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Here, My DearStevie WonderGeorge ClintonBootsy CollinsSalaam RemiQuestlovePrince PaulDJ SmashJay Kay

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Here, My Dear connections

Here, My Dear grew out of Stevie Wonder and George Clinton, went on to shape Bootsy Collins, Salaam Remi, Questlove and Prince Paul. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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