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Jennifer Holliday

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Jennifer Holliday is a House act. Their sound grew out of Cissy Houston, Angela Bofill, Walter Hawkins, Michael Zager Band and Coko. Those roots explain a lot about how Jennifer Holliday arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson, Dionne Warwick, Jeffrey Osborne and En Vogue, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jessica Sanchez, You Don't Know What to Do, Jeanie Tracy, Jennifer Hudson and SWV, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Jennifer Holliday, reaching back through Cissy Houston and forward to Jessica Sanchez. 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
Jennifer HollidayCissy HoustonAngela BofillWalter HawkinsMichael Zager BandCokoWill DowningBill WithersLarry DunnJessica SanchezYou Don't Know What …Jeanie TracyJennifer HudsonSWVWhitney HoustonJennifer HudsonDionne WarwickJeffrey OsborneEn VogueClub NouveauCynthia ErivoTeena Marie

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Jennifer Holliday connections

Jennifer Holliday grew out of Cissy Houston, Angela Bofill, Walter Hawkins and Michael Zager Band, shares an orbit with Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson, Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne, went on to shape Jessica Sanchez, You Don't Know What to Do, Jeanie Tracy and Jennifer Hudson. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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