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Lobo is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johnny Rivers, Stars on 45 and Rakim & Ken-Y. Those roots explain a lot about how Lobo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Air Supply, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Bread, Michael Learns to Rock and Bobby Goldsboro, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stonewall Jackson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Lobo, reaching back through Johnny Rivers and forward to Stonewall Jackson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by his stage name Lobo, is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me", and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". These three songs, along with "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love", gave Lobo four chart toppers on the Easy Listening/Hot Adult Contemporary chart.
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Lobo connections
Lobo grew out of Johnny Rivers, Stars on 45 and Rakim & Ken-Y, shares an orbit with Air Supply, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Bread and Michael Learns to Rock, went on to shape Stonewall Jackson. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Lobo
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