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Jermaine Jackson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Blame It on the Boogie, Thelma Houston, The Jacksons, Hotter than July and Kim Weston. Those roots explain a lot about how Jermaine Jackson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Jacksons, The Jackson 5, Rebbie Jackson, DeBarge and Jeffrey Osborne, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Roxanne Seeman, Syreeta Wright, Whitney Houston, Switch and Devo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Jermaine Jackson, reaching back through Blame It on the Boogie and forward to Roxanne Seeman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jermaine LaJuane Jacksun is an American musician. A member of the Jackson family, he was second vocalist after his brother Michael of the Jackson 5 from 1964 to 1975, and played bass guitar. In 1983, he rejoined the group, which had been renamed the Jacksons; he then consistently played in the group's performances and recordings until he left the group again in 2020.
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Jermaine Jackson connections
Jermaine Jackson grew out of Blame It on the Boogie, Thelma Houston, The Jacksons and Hotter than July, shares an orbit with The Jacksons, The Jackson 5, Rebbie Jackson and DeBarge, went on to shape Roxanne Seeman, Syreeta Wright, Whitney Houston and Switch. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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