◇ image via WikipediaKeely Smith
Keely Smith is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Louis Prima, Nelson Riddle, Harold Arlen, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Those roots explain a lot about how Keely Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bobby Darin, Peggy Lee, June Christy, Dinah Washington and Tony Bennett, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kid Rock, The Pussycat Dolls and Sonny & Cher, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Keely Smith, reaching back through Louis Prima and forward to Kid Rock. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Keely Smith connections
Keely Smith grew out of Louis Prima, Nelson Riddle, Harold Arlen and John Lennon, shares an orbit with Bobby Darin, Peggy Lee, June Christy and Dinah Washington, went on to shape Kid Rock, The Pussycat Dolls and Sonny & Cher. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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