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James Morrison

Alternative rock
Alternative rockHouseRock

James Morrison is a Alternative rock and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Ray Charles, B.B. King, George Benson, Ray Brown and Cab Calloway. Those roots explain a lot about how James Morrison arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jason Mraz, James Blunt, Gavin DeGraw, James Bay and Emeli Sandé, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ilse DeLange, M People, Leon Jackson, Human Nature and Allen Stone, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around James Morrison, reaching back through Ray Charles and forward to Ilse DeLange. 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
James MorrisonRay CharlesB.B. KingGeorge BensonRay BrownCab CallowayHerbie HancockWhitney HoustonQuincy JonesIlse DeLangeM PeopleLeon JacksonHuman NatureAllen StoneNewton FaulknerAureaJason MrazJames BluntGavin DeGrawJames BayEmeli SandéWill YoungLeona LewisCalum Scott

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James Morrison connections

James Morrison grew out of Ray Charles, B.B. King, George Benson and Ray Brown, shares an orbit with Jason Mraz, James Blunt, Gavin DeGraw and James Bay, went on to shape Ilse DeLange, M People, Leon Jackson and Human Nature. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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