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Lorraine Ellison

Lorraine Ellison is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Frank Sinatra. Those roots explain a lot about how Lorraine Ellison arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dee Dee Warwick, David Ruffin, Irma Thomas, Johnny Bristol and Barbara Lewis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dee Dee Warwick, Howard Tate, Duffy, Janis Joplin and Jerry Butler, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Lorraine Ellison, reaching back through Frank Sinatra and forward to Dee Dee Warwick. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Lorraine Ellison was an American soul singer and songwriter known for her recording of the song "Stay with Me" in 1966.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Lorraine EllisonFrank SinatraDee Dee WarwickHoward TateDuffyJanis JoplinJerry ButlerGarnet MimmsDee Dee WarwickDavid RuffinIrma ThomasJohnny BristolBarbara LewisMartha Reeves & The …Etta JamesMaxine Brown

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Lorraine Ellison connections

Lorraine Ellison grew out of Frank Sinatra, shares an orbit with Dee Dee Warwick, David Ruffin, Irma Thomas and Johnny Bristol, went on to shape Dee Dee Warwick, Howard Tate, Duffy and Janis Joplin. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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