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Jerry Butler is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Johnny Bristol, Lorraine Ellison, The Ebonys, Burt Bacharach and Randy Newman. Those roots explain a lot about how Jerry Butler arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dells, Tyrone Davis, The Chi-Lites, Gene Chandler and The Dramatics, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Walker Brothers, Chuck Brown, Linda Jones, Isaac Hayes and The Jackson 5, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 66 connections around Jerry Butler, reaching back through Johnny Bristol and forward to The Walker Brothers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jerry Butler connections
Jerry Butler grew out of Johnny Bristol, Lorraine Ellison, The Ebonys and Burt Bacharach, shares an orbit with The Dells, Tyrone Davis, The Chi-Lites and Gene Chandler, went on to shape The Walker Brothers, Chuck Brown, Linda Jones and Isaac Hayes. 66 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Jerry Butler
Sounds and acts that shaped Jerry Butler.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Jerry Butler.
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Bands Jerry Butler shaped
Where the influence of Jerry Butler travelled next.
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