◇ image via WikipediaJames & Bobby Purify
James & Bobby Purify is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Rick Hall, Otis Redding, James Brown and Dan Penn. Those roots explain a lot about how James & Bobby Purify arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Major Lance, Donnie Elbert, Brenton Wood, Eddie Holman and Tyrone Davis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Oliver, Ray Charles, The Blind Boys of Alabama and The Box Tops, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around James & Bobby Purify, reaching back through Rick Hall and forward to Oliver. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
James & Bobby Purify were an R&B singing duo, whose biggest hits were "I'm Your Puppet" in 1966, which reached number six in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and in a re-recorded version number 12 in the UK Singles Chart, and "Let Love Come Between Us" in 1967, which reached number 23 in the US. The original "Bobby Purify" was replaced by a second "Bobby Purify" in the 1970s.
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James & Bobby Purify connections
James & Bobby Purify grew out of Rick Hall, Otis Redding, James Brown and Dan Penn, shares an orbit with Major Lance, Donnie Elbert, Brenton Wood and Eddie Holman, went on to shape Oliver, Ray Charles, The Blind Boys of Alabama and The Box Tops. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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