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Jocelyn Brown

Gospel
Gospel

Jocelyn Brown is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Culture Club, Boy George, Bette Midler, Incognito 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, Sharon Redd, Skyy, Oliver Cheatham and The Whispers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into You Don't Know What to Do, George Michael, Right Said Fred, Bizarre Inc and Boogie Down Productions, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Jocelyn Brown, reaching back through Culture Club and forward to You Don't Know What to Do. 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 BrownCulture ClubBoy GeorgeBette MidlerIncognitoMartha WashRoni SizeMachineKleeerYou Don't Know What …George MichaelRight Said FredBizarre IncBoogie Down Producti…Snap!CeCe PenistonSharon ReddChangeSharon ReddSkyyOliver CheathamThe WhispersCheryl LynnImaginationGwen McCrae

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Jocelyn Brown connections

Jocelyn Brown grew out of Culture Club, Boy George, Bette Midler and Incognito, shares an orbit with Change, Sharon Redd, Skyy and Oliver Cheatham, went on to shape You Don't Know What to Do, George Michael, Right Said Fred and Bizarre Inc. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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