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LaVern Baker

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BluesRhythm and blues

LaVern Baker is a Blues and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Didn't It Rain, Think Twice, Ahmet Ertegün, Doc Pomus and Bessie Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how LaVern Baker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chuck Willis, Big Joe Turner, The Drifters, Sugar Pie DeSanto and Ivory Joe Hunter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Big Joe Turner, Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Jackie Wilson and Ruth Brown, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around LaVern Baker, reaching back through Didn't It Rain and forward to Big Joe Turner. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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LaVern BakerDidn't It RainThink TwiceAhmet ErtegünDoc PomusBessie SmithHarry NilssonKing CurtisBert BernsBig Joe TurnerElvis PresleyBill HaleyJackie WilsonRuth BrownAretha FranklinAlberta AdamsChuck WillisBig Joe TurnerThe DriftersSugar Pie DeSantoIvory Joe HunterLarry WilliamsFats DominoCarl Perkins

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LaVern Baker connections

LaVern Baker grew out of Didn't It Rain, Think Twice, Ahmet Ertegün and Doc Pomus, shares an orbit with Chuck Willis, Big Joe Turner, The Drifters and Sugar Pie DeSanto, went on to shape Big Joe Turner, Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and Jackie Wilson. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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