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Jocelyn Brown

Gospel
Gospel

Jocelyn Brown is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Incognito, Bette Midler, Boy George, Culture Club and Martha Wash. Those roots explain a lot about how Jocelyn Brown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Change, Shalamar, Sharon Redd, Skyy and Oliver Cheatham, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into CeCe Peniston, Snap!, You Don't Know What to Do, George Michael and Right Said Fred, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 57 connections around Jocelyn Brown, reaching back through Incognito and forward to CeCe Peniston. 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
Jocelyn BrownIncognitoBette MidlerBoy GeorgeCulture ClubMartha WashRoni SizeMachineKleeerCeCe PenistonSnap!You Don't Know What …George MichaelRight Said FredSharon ReddBizarre IncUtah SaintsChangeShalamarSharon ReddSkyyOliver CheathamGeraldine HuntThe WhispersCheryl Lynn

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Jocelyn Brown connections

Jocelyn Brown grew out of Incognito, Bette Midler, Boy George and Culture Club, shares an orbit with Change, Shalamar, Sharon Redd and Skyy, went on to shape CeCe Peniston, Snap!, You Don't Know What to Do and George Michael. 57 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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