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Labelle is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Meters, Tower of Power, Wilson Pickett, Elton John and Aretha Franklin. Those roots explain a lot about how Labelle arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Emotions, Rufus, Ohio Players, Ashford & Simpson and Tavares, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Supremes, The Rolling Stones, Gilla, Keith Richards and Taana Gardner, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Labelle, reaching back through The Meters and forward to The Supremes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Labelle was an American band that originated out of The Blue Belles, a girl group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s. The original act was formed after the disbanding of two rival girl bands in the area around Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, and Trenton, in New Jersey: The Ordettes and The Del-Capris, forming as a new version of the former, then later changing their name to The Blue Belles. The founding members were Patti LaBelle, Cindy Birdsong, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash.
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Labelle connections
Labelle grew out of The Meters, Tower of Power, Wilson Pickett and Elton John, shares an orbit with The Emotions, Rufus, Ohio Players and Ashford & Simpson, went on to shape The Supremes, The Rolling Stones, Gilla and Keith Richards. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Labelle
Sounds and acts that shaped Labelle.
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