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Ivan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Irina Allegrova, Charles Neville and Nikolai Noskov. Those roots explain a lot about how Ivan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gazebo, Fun Fun, Den Harrow, Ken Laszlo and Righeira, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bobby Vee, Nanci Griffith, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Johnny Rivers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Ivan, reaching back through Irina Allegrova and forward to Bobby Vee. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jerry Ivan Allison was an American musician. He was best known as the drummer and only constant member of the Crickets and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue", recorded with Buddy Holly. He had a solo chart entry on the Billboard Hot 100, "Real Wild Child", which was issued in 1958 under the name Ivan. Allison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Ivan connections
Ivan grew out of Irina Allegrova, Charles Neville and Nikolai Noskov, shares an orbit with Gazebo, Fun Fun, Den Harrow and Ken Laszlo, went on to shape Bobby Vee, Nanci Griffith, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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