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Jason Donovan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Let's Get to It, Miriam Stockley, Rick Astley, Noiseworks and Boy Meets Girl. Those roots explain a lot about how Jason Donovan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sonia, Rick Astley, Kim Appleby, Bros and Big Fun, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wannabe, Maverick Sabre, Kylie Minogue and Donny Osmond, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Jason Donovan, reaching back through Let's Get to It and forward to Wannabe. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jason Sean Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap Neighbours, playing Scott Robinson, before beginning a career in music. In 1988 Jason was signed to the record label PWL. He has sold an estimated 3 million records. His debut album Ten Good Reasons was the highest-selling album in the UK in 1989, with sales of over 1.5 million. He has had four UK No. 1 singles and features on the 1989 Band Aid charity single. He has appeared in several stage musicals, most prominently in the lead role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the early 1990s.
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Jason Donovan connections
Jason Donovan grew out of Let's Get to It, Miriam Stockley, Rick Astley and Noiseworks, shares an orbit with Sonia, Rick Astley, Kim Appleby and Bros, went on to shape Wannabe, Maverick Sabre, Kylie Minogue and Donny Osmond. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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