◇ image via WikipediaLou Rawls
Lou Rawls is a Blues and House act. Their sound grew out of McFadden & Whitehead, Tata Vega, Bunny Sigler, Hall & Oates and Reggie Lucas. Those roots explain a lot about how Lou Rawls arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Spinners, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Barry White, MFSB and Tavares, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Spanky Wilson, Instant Funk, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Whitney Houston and Cissy Houston, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Lou Rawls, reaching back through McFadden & Whitehead and forward to Spanky Wilson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lou Rawls connections
Lou Rawls grew out of McFadden & Whitehead, Tata Vega, Bunny Sigler and Hall & Oates, shares an orbit with The Spinners, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Barry White and MFSB, went on to shape Spanky Wilson, Instant Funk, Richard "Groove" Holmes and Whitney Houston. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Lou Rawls
Sounds and acts that shaped Lou Rawls.
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