◇ image via WikipediaJermaine Stewart
Jermaine Stewart is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of Andy Summers, Narada Michael Walden, Culture Club and André Cymone. Those roots explain a lot about how Jermaine Stewart arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jaki Graham, Pebbles, T'Pau, Exposé and Go West, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gym Class Heroes and Calum Scott, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Jermaine Stewart, reaching back through Andy Summers and forward to Gym Class Heroes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
William Jermaine Stewart was an American R&B singer, best known for his 1986 hit single "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off", which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. His 1987 song "Say It Again" reached number seven in the United Kingdom.
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Jermaine Stewart connections
Jermaine Stewart grew out of Andy Summers, Narada Michael Walden, Culture Club and André Cymone, shares an orbit with Jaki Graham, Pebbles, T'Pau and Exposé, went on to shape Gym Class Heroes and Calum Scott. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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