◇ image via WikipediaIvory Joe Hunter
Ivory Joe Hunter is a Blues and Country act. Their sound grew out of Charles Brown, Mickey Baker and Duke Ellington. Those roots explain a lot about how Ivory Joe Hunter arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Percy Mayfield, Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino, Bo Diddley and Ike & Tina Turner, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Randy Newman, Pat Boone, Barbara Mandrell, Sonny James and Elvis Presley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Ivory Joe Hunter, reaching back through Charles Brown and forward to Randy Newman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ivory Joe Hunter was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid-1940s, he became more widely known for his hit recording "Since I Met You Baby" (1956). He was billed as The Baron of the Boogie, and also known as The Happiest Man Alive. His musical output ranged from R&B to blues, boogie-woogie, and country music, and Hunter made a name in all of those genres. Uniquely, he was honored at both the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Grand Ole Opry.
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Ivory Joe Hunter grew out of Charles Brown, Mickey Baker and Duke Ellington, shares an orbit with Percy Mayfield, Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino and Bo Diddley, went on to shape Randy Newman, Pat Boone, Barbara Mandrell and Sonny James. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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