◇ image via WikipediaLittle Anthony & the Imperials
Little Anthony & the Imperials is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Miracles and Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. Those roots explain a lot about how Little Anthony & the Imperials arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tommy Edwards, Marv Johnson, The Drifters, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and The Fleetwoods, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Linda Ronstadt, Alicia Keys, Grant Green, The Delfonics and Nancy Wilson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Little Anthony & the Imperials, reaching back through The Miracles and forward to Linda Ronstadt. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Little Anthony and the Imperials is an American rhythm and blues, doo-wop, and soul vocal group from New York City founded by Clarence Collins in the 1950s and named in part for its lead singer, Jerome Anthony "Little Anthony" Gourdine, who was noted for his high-pitched voice. In addition to Collins and Gourdine, the original Imperials included Ernest Wright, Glouster "Nate" Rogers, and Tracy Lord, the last two of whom were subsequently replaced by Sammy Strain.
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Little Anthony & the Imperials connections
Little Anthony & the Imperials grew out of The Miracles and Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, shares an orbit with Tommy Edwards, Marv Johnson, The Drifters and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, went on to shape Linda Ronstadt, Alicia Keys, Grant Green and The Delfonics. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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