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Jim Steinman

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Jim Steinman is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of The Shangri-Las, Linda Lampenius and Richard Wagner. Those roots explain a lot about how Jim Steinman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Meat Loaf, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Boston, The J. Geils Band and John Parr, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Boyzone, Céline Dion, Bette Midler, Bonnie Tyler and Cher, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Jim Steinman, reaching back through The Shangri-Las and forward to Boyzone. 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
Jim SteinmanThe Shangri-LasLinda LampeniusRichard WagnerBoyzoneCéline DionBette MidlerBonnie TylerCherYvonne EllimanBarry ManilowMeat LoafMeat LoafAndrew Lloyd WebberBostonThe J. Geils BandJohn ParrBilly SquierTriumphBob Seger & The Silv…

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Jim Steinman connections

Jim Steinman grew out of The Shangri-Las, Linda Lampenius and Richard Wagner, shares an orbit with Meat Loaf, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Boston and The J. Geils Band, went on to shape Boyzone, Céline Dion, Bette Midler and Bonnie Tyler. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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