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Lemar is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Musical Youth, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, Al Green and Lionel Richie. Those roots explain a lot about how Lemar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Will Young, Craig David, John Legend, Take That and Boyz II Men, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into JLS, Omar and The 411, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Lemar, reaching back through Musical Youth and forward to JLS. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lemar connections
Lemar grew out of Musical Youth, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons and Al Green, shares an orbit with Will Young, Craig David, John Legend and Take That, went on to shape JLS, Omar and The 411. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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