◇ image via WikipediaKay Starr
Kay Starr is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Glenn Miller, Roy Acuff, Ahmet Ertegün and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Those roots explain a lot about how Kay Starr arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Perry Como, Nancy Wilson and Eartha Kitt, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Vonda Shepard and Frankie Laine, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Kay Starr, reaching back through Glenn Miller and forward to Vonda Shepard. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Kay Starr connections
Kay Starr grew out of Glenn Miller, Roy Acuff, Ahmet Ertegün and Tennessee Ernie Ford, shares an orbit with Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Perry Como and Nancy Wilson, went on to shape Vonda Shepard and Frankie Laine. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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