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Johnny Harris

Johnny Harris is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, Paul Anka, Elvis Presley, Jon Anderson and Steve Howe. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Harris arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Brian Bennett, Lonnie Liston Smith, Idris Muhammad, Maceo & The Macks and Eugene McDaniels, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Barbra Streisand, Petula Clark, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, The Toxhards and Flora Purim, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Johnny Harris, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Barbra Streisand. 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
Johnny HarrisThe BeatlesPaul AnkaElvis PresleyJon AndersonSteve HoweAlan WhiteRobby KriegerBarbra StreisandPetula ClarkThe Edwin Hawkins Si…The ToxhardsFlora PurimSammy Davis Jr.Sylvie VartanJames LastBrian BennettLonnie Liston SmithIdris MuhammadMaceo & The MacksEugene McDanielsBetty DavisFatback BandDavid Axelrod

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Johnny Harris connections

Johnny Harris grew out of The Beatles, Paul Anka, Elvis Presley and Jon Anderson, shares an orbit with Brian Bennett, Lonnie Liston Smith, Idris Muhammad and Maceo & The Macks, went on to shape Barbra Streisand, Petula Clark, The Edwin Hawkins Singers and The Toxhards. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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