◇ image via WikipediaJimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin is a House act. Their sound grew out of Brenda Holloway, Robin Gibb, Berry Gordy, Ben E. King and 96 Tears. Those roots explain a lot about how Jimmy Ruffin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Contours, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, The Four Tops and Martha and the Vandellas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Michael Bolton, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Michael Jackson, Eddie Kendricks and Paul Weller, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Jimmy Ruffin, reaching back through Brenda Holloway and forward to Michael Bolton. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jimmy Ruffin connections
Jimmy Ruffin grew out of Brenda Holloway, Robin Gibb, Berry Gordy and Ben E. King, shares an orbit with The Contours, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Jr. Walker & The All Stars and The Four Tops, went on to shape Michael Bolton, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Michael Jackson and Eddie Kendricks. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Jimmy Ruffin
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Artists similar to Jimmy Ruffin
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