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Jimmy Jones is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Otis Blackwell, Billy Strayhorn, Clyde McPhatter and Sam Cooke. Those roots explain a lot about how Jimmy Jones arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Marv Johnson, The Drifters, Bobby Vee, The Everly Brothers and Fats Domino, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Barry Gibb, Del Shannon, James Taylor, Frankie Valli and Jimmy Somerville, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Jimmy Jones, reaching back through Otis Blackwell and forward to Barry Gibb. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
James Jones was an American singer-songwriter who moved to New York City while a teenager. His biggest hits were "Handy Man" (1959) and "Good Timin'" (1960). According to Allmusic journalist Steve Huey, Jones sang "in a smooth yet soulful falsetto modeled on the likes of Clyde McPhatter and Sam Cooke."
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Jimmy Jones connections
Jimmy Jones grew out of Otis Blackwell, Billy Strayhorn, Clyde McPhatter and Sam Cooke, shares an orbit with Marv Johnson, The Drifters, Bobby Vee and The Everly Brothers, went on to shape Barry Gibb, Del Shannon, James Taylor and Frankie Valli. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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