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KC and the Sunshine Band is a Disco and Funk act. Their sound grew out of Vicki Sue Robinson, Blowfly and Clarence Reid. Those roots explain a lot about how KC and the Sunshine Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kool & The Gang, Tavares, Wild Cherry, A Taste of Honey and Brothers Johnson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Basshunter, Alex Chilton, Lou Bega, Tavares and And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around KC and the Sunshine Band, reaching back through Vicki Sue Robinson and forward to Basshunter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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KC and the Sunshine Band connections
KC and the Sunshine Band grew out of Vicki Sue Robinson, Blowfly and Clarence Reid, shares an orbit with Kool & The Gang, Tavares, Wild Cherry and A Taste of Honey, went on to shape Basshunter, Alex Chilton, Lou Bega and Tavares. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced KC and the Sunshine Band
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