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Irma Thomas

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Irma Thomas is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Swamp Dogg, Eddie Bo, Jackie DeShannon, Percy Mayfield and Galactic. Those roots explain a lot about how Irma Thomas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barbara Lynn, Percy Sledge, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Etta James and Doris Troy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tracy Nelson, Ashley O, Tracey Ullman, Kai Winding and The Rolling Stones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Irma Thomas, reaching back through Swamp Dogg and forward to Tracy Nelson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Irma ThomasSwamp DoggEddie BoJackie DeShannonPercy MayfieldGalacticAllen ToussaintEtta JamesMahalia JacksonTracy NelsonAshley OTracey UllmanKai WindingThe Rolling StonesMarcia BallSusan TedeschiOtis ReddingBarbara LynnPercy SledgeSugar Pie DeSantoEtta JamesDoris TroyIke & Tina TurnerO.V. WrightMavis Staples

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Irma Thomas connections

Irma Thomas grew out of Swamp Dogg, Eddie Bo, Jackie DeShannon and Percy Mayfield, shares an orbit with Barbara Lynn, Percy Sledge, Sugar Pie DeSanto and Etta James, went on to shape Tracy Nelson, Ashley O, Tracey Ullman and Kai Winding. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Irma Thomas

Roots14

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