◇ 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 Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Perry Como and Nancy Wilson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Frankie Laine and Vonda Shepard, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Kay Starr, reaching back through Glenn Miller and forward to Frankie Laine. 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 Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Doris Day and Perry Como, went on to shape Frankie Laine and Vonda Shepard. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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