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Lee Dorsey

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Lee Dorsey is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Allen Toussaint, Earl King, The Meters and Fats Domino. Those roots explain a lot about how Lee Dorsey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ernie K-Doe, Eddie Bo, The J.B.'s, Irma Thomas and Bo Diddley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into James Brown, The Clash, Jerry Lee Lewis, King Floyd and The Pointer Sisters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Lee Dorsey, reaching back through Allen Toussaint and forward to James Brown. 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
Lee DorseyAllen ToussaintEarl KingThe MetersFats DominoJames BrownThe ClashJerry Lee LewisKing FloydThe Pointer SistersPetula ClarkLondon CallingJohn MellencampErnie K-DoeEddie BoThe J.B.'sIrma ThomasBo DiddleyThe Mar-KeysKing CurtisBetty Everett

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Lee Dorsey connections

Lee Dorsey grew out of Allen Toussaint, Earl King, The Meters and Fats Domino, shares an orbit with Ernie K-Doe, Eddie Bo, The J.B.'s and Irma Thomas, went on to shape James Brown, The Clash, Jerry Lee Lewis and King Floyd. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Lee Dorsey

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