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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 Rupert Holmes and Orlando Julius. 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, Joe Simon, The Spinners and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Martha and the Vandellas, Odyssey, Alison Limerick, Omar and Jaki Graham, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Lamont Dozier, reaching back through Rupert Holmes and forward to Martha and the Vandellas. 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 DozierRupert HolmesOrlando JuliusMartha and the Vande…OdysseyAlison LimerickOmarJaki GrahamSimply RedThe SupremesThe Four TopsJohnny BristolDavid RuffinJoe SimonThe SpinnersHarold Melvin & the …The WhispersWilliam DevaughnThe Jones Girls

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Lamont Dozier connections

Lamont Dozier grew out of Rupert Holmes and Orlando Julius, shares an orbit with Johnny Bristol, David Ruffin, Joe Simon and The Spinners, went on to shape Martha and the Vandellas, Odyssey, Alison Limerick and Omar. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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