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Mable John

Mable John is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Motown and Billie Holiday. Those roots explain a lot about how Mable John arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Mar-Keys, Jimmy Hughes, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Irma Thomas and Otis Redding, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Supremes, Ray Charles, Little Willie John, The Miracles and The Marvelettes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Mable John, reaching back through Motown and forward to The Supremes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Mable JohnMotownBillie HolidayThe SupremesRay CharlesLittle Willie JohnThe MiraclesThe MarvelettesMartha and the Vande…The Mar-KeysJimmy HughesSugar Pie DeSantoIrma ThomasOtis ReddingThe ContoursThe Bar-KaysThe Supremes

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Mable John connections

Mable John grew out of Motown and Billie Holiday, shares an orbit with The Mar-Keys, Jimmy Hughes, Sugar Pie DeSanto and Irma Thomas, went on to shape The Supremes, Ray Charles, Little Willie John and The Miracles. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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