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Lisa Stansfield

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Lisa Stansfield is a House act. Their sound grew out of Blaze, Diana Ross, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye and Chic. Those roots explain a lot about how Lisa Stansfield arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paula Abdul, Black Box, Vanessa Williams, Ce Ce Peniston and Wet Wet Wet, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lââm, There's Got to Be a Way, Fastlove, Karen Harding and Love Can Move Mountains, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Lisa Stansfield, reaching back through Blaze and forward to Lââm. 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
Lisa StansfieldBlazeDiana RossThe SupremesMarvin GayeChicBarry WhiteSadeThe Freddie Mercury …LââmThere's Got to Be a …FastloveKaren HardingLove Can Move Mounta…Whitney HoustonDionne WarwickGeorge MichaelPaula AbdulBlack BoxVanessa WilliamsCe Ce PenistonWet Wet WetToni BraxtonAnnie LennoxSeal

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Lisa Stansfield connections

Lisa Stansfield grew out of Blaze, Diana Ross, The Supremes and Marvin Gaye, shares an orbit with Paula Abdul, Black Box, Vanessa Williams and Ce Ce Peniston, went on to shape Lââm, There's Got to Be a Way, Fastlove and Karen Harding. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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