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Jean Knight

Funk
Funk

Jean Knight is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of King Floyd and Jackie Wilson. Those roots explain a lot about how Jean Knight arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as King Floyd, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The Mar-Keys, The Bar-Kays and Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Denise LaSalle, Martha Wash, Aretha Franklin and Gloria Gaynor, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Jean Knight, reaching back through King Floyd and forward to Denise LaSalle. 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
Jean KnightKing FloydJackie WilsonDenise LaSalleMartha WashAretha FranklinGloria GaynorKing FloydSharon Jones and the…The Mar-KeysThe Bar-KaysCharles Wright & The…Freda PayneThe Chi-LitesRufus

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Jean Knight connections

Jean Knight grew out of King Floyd and Jackie Wilson, shares an orbit with King Floyd, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The Mar-Keys and The Bar-Kays, went on to shape Denise LaSalle, Martha Wash, Aretha Franklin and Gloria Gaynor. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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