◇ image via WikipediaKing Floyd
King Floyd is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dr. John, Aaron Neville and Lee Dorsey. Those roots explain a lot about how King Floyd arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dramatics, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Jimmy Hughes, Percy Sledge and Edwin Starr, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wu-Tang Clan, Shaggy, Jean Knight and Fern Kinney, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around King Floyd, reaching back through Dr. John and forward to Wu-Tang Clan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
King Floyd was a New Orleans soul singer, best known for his top 10 hit from 1970, "Groove Me".
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King Floyd connections
King Floyd grew out of Dr. John, Aaron Neville and Lee Dorsey, shares an orbit with The Dramatics, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Jimmy Hughes and Percy Sledge, went on to shape Wu-Tang Clan, Shaggy, Jean Knight and Fern Kinney. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced King Floyd
Sounds and acts that shaped King Floyd.
Artists similar to King Floyd
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- Honey Coneartist
- Otis Clayartist
- Tyrone Davisartist
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- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kingsartist
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- Freda Payneartist
- O.V. Wrightartist
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