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Hot Chocolate is a Disco and Funk act. Their catalogue also touches House. Their sound grew out of Russ Ballard, The Outlaws, John Deacon, Arista Records and Give Peace a Chance. Those roots explain a lot about how Hot Chocolate arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tavares, Cliff Richard, Rose Royce, Leo Sayer and The Real Thing, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Adrian Gurvitz, Carol Douglas, Smoove & Turrell, Gun and The Sisters of Mercy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Hot Chocolate, reaching back through Russ Ballard and forward to Adrian Gurvitz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Hot Chocolate connections
Hot Chocolate grew out of Russ Ballard, The Outlaws, John Deacon and Arista Records, shares an orbit with Tavares, Cliff Richard, Rose Royce and Leo Sayer, went on to shape Adrian Gurvitz, Carol Douglas, Smoove & Turrell and Gun. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Hot Chocolate
Sounds and acts that shaped Hot Chocolate.
Artists similar to Hot Chocolate
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Hot Chocolate.
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