◇ image via WikipediaLady Zu
Lady Zu is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Roberto Carlos and Maria Bethânia. Those roots explain a lot about how Lady Zu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Donna Summer, Tina Charles, Sylvester, Thelma Houston and Andrea True Connection, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Donna Summer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Lady Zu, reaching back through Aretha Franklin and forward to Donna Summer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Zuleide Santos Silva better known for her stage name as Lady Zu is a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
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Lady Zu connections
Lady Zu grew out of Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Roberto Carlos and Maria Bethânia, shares an orbit with Donna Summer, Tina Charles, Sylvester and Thelma Houston, went on to shape Donna Summer. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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