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Jack Jones

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Jazz

Jack Jones is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Patti Austin, Michael McDonald, Walter Murphy, Domenico Modugno and Randy Newman. Those roots explain a lot about how Jack Jones arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Perry Como, Peggy Lee, Shirley Bassey, Connie Francis and Bobby Vinton, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Engelbert Humperdinck, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Jack Jones, reaching back through Patti Austin and forward to Engelbert Humperdinck. 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
Jack JonesPatti AustinMichael McDonaldWalter MurphyDomenico ModugnoRandy NewmanHarry NilssonCarole KingPaul WilliamsEngelbert HumperdinckPerry ComoPeggy LeeShirley BasseyConnie FrancisBobby VintonDoris DayBurt BacharachLou Rawls

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Jack Jones connections

Jack Jones grew out of Patti Austin, Michael McDonald, Walter Murphy and Domenico Modugno, shares an orbit with Perry Como, Peggy Lee, Shirley Bassey and Connie Francis, went on to shape Engelbert Humperdinck. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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