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Holland–Dozier–Holland is a House act. Their sound grew out of Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye and Four Tops. Those roots explain a lot about how Holland–Dozier–Holland arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Harold Melvin, Esther Williams, Spanky Wilson, The Contours and Brian Holland, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Screamadelica, Mayer Hawthorne, Simply Red, Aerosmith and Billy Bragg, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Holland–Dozier–Holland, reaching back through Martha and the Vandellas and forward to Screamadelica. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Holland–Dozier–Holland grew out of Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye and Four Tops, shares an orbit with Harold Melvin, Esther Williams, Spanky Wilson and The Contours, went on to shape Screamadelica, Mayer Hawthorne, Simply Red and Aerosmith. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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