◇ image via WikipediaMa Baker
Ma Baker is a Disco act. Their sound grew out of Boney M., Donna Summer, Knorkator and Lady Gaga. Those roots explain a lot about how Ma Baker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bailamos, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Milli Vanilli, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Ma Baker, reaching back through Boney M. and forward to Milli Vanilli. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Ma Baker" is a song by disco group Boney M., released as a single in 1977. It was the first single off their second album Love for Sale and their third consecutive chart-topper in (West) Germany. The song tells of a criminal called Ma Baker, who is described throughout the song as the "meanest cat" in Chicago for her callousness.
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Ma Baker grew out of Boney M., Donna Summer, Knorkator and Lady Gaga, shares an orbit with Bailamos, went on to shape Milli Vanilli. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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