◇ image via WikipediaLinda Hopkins
Linda Hopkins is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong. Those roots explain a lot about how Linda Hopkins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mitty Collier, Esther Williams, Jessie Hill, The Vibrations and Carolyn Franklin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eddie Harris, Paul Smith, Jackie Wilson and Sammy Davis Jr., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Linda Hopkins, reaching back through Mahalia Jackson and forward to Eddie Harris. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Linda Hopkins connections
Linda Hopkins grew out of Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong, shares an orbit with Mitty Collier, Esther Williams, Jessie Hill and The Vibrations, went on to shape Eddie Harris, Paul Smith, Jackie Wilson and Sammy Davis Jr.. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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