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Janice McClain

Janice McClain is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Freda Payne, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Janice McClain arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sparque, Rhyze, D.C. LaRue, Universal Robot Band and Mystic Merlin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ronnie Spector, Keith Martin, Deniece Williams, George Clinton and McFadden & Whitehead, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Janice McClain, reaching back through Freda Payne and forward to Ronnie Spector. 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
Janice McClainFreda PayneDiana RossMichael JacksonRonnie SpectorKeith MartinDeniece WilliamsGeorge ClintonMcFadden & WhiteheadHarold Melvin & the …Billy PaulJames BrownSparqueRhyzeD.C. LaRueUniversal Robot BandMystic MerlinTamiko JonesEsther WilliamsBionic Boogie

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Janice McClain connections

Janice McClain grew out of Freda Payne, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with Sparque, Rhyze, D.C. LaRue and Universal Robot Band, went on to shape Ronnie Spector, Keith Martin, Deniece Williams and George Clinton. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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