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Lamont Dozier

Funk
FunkHouseRhythm and blues

Lamont Dozier is a Funk and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Orlando Julius and Rupert Holmes. Those roots explain a lot about how Lamont Dozier arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johnny Bristol, David Ruffin, The Spinners, The Whispers and The Jones Girls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jaki Graham, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, Freda Payne and Honey Cone, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Lamont Dozier, reaching back through Orlando Julius and forward to Jaki Graham. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Lamont DozierOrlando JuliusRupert HolmesJaki GrahamThe Four TopsThe Isley BrothersFreda PayneHoney ConeChairmen Of The BoardPhil CollinsCarly SimonJohnny BristolDavid RuffinThe SpinnersThe WhispersThe Jones GirlsEdwin StarrThe Chi-LitesMarvin Gaye

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Lamont Dozier grew out of Orlando Julius and Rupert Holmes, shares an orbit with Johnny Bristol, David Ruffin, The Spinners and The Whispers, went on to shape Jaki Graham, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers and Freda Payne. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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