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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, Harry Chapin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Boston and The J. Geils Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bette Midler, Céline Dion, Boyzone, Yvonne Elliman and Bonnie Tyler, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Jim Steinman, reaching back through The Shangri-Las and forward to Bette Midler. 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 WagnerBette MidlerCéline DionBoyzoneYvonne EllimanBonnie TylerCherBarry ManilowMeat LoafMeat LoafHarry ChapinAndrew Lloyd WebberBostonThe J. Geils BandJohn ParrBilly SquierTriumph

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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, Harry Chapin, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Boston, went on to shape Bette Midler, Céline Dion, Boyzone and Yvonne Elliman. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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