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John Parr is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Toto, Seven, David Foster, Marilyn Martin and Frank Farian. Those roots explain a lot about how John Parr arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Starship, Kenny Loggins, Eddie Money, Glass Tiger and Loverboy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Roger Daltrey, Marilyn Martin, Meat Loaf, Bryan Adams and Bonnie Tyler, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around John Parr, reaching back through Toto and forward to Roger Daltrey. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
John Stephen Parr is an English musician best known for his 1985 single "St. Elmo's Fire " for the 1985 film St. Elmo's Fire, charting at No.1 in the US and No.6 in the UK, and for his 1984 U.S. No.6 rock single "Naughty Naughty". He has written and performed 12 major motion picture theme songs, including the themes for Three Men and a Baby and The Running Man. Parr was nominated for a Grammy award for "St. Elmo's Fire" in 1985.
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John Parr connections
John Parr grew out of Toto, Seven, David Foster and Marilyn Martin, shares an orbit with Starship, Kenny Loggins, Eddie Money and Glass Tiger, went on to shape Roger Daltrey, Marilyn Martin, Meat Loaf and Bryan Adams. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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