◇ image via WikipediaMarilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Jayne Mansfield. Those roots explain a lot about how Marilyn Monroe arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Doris Day, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Connie Francis and Al Bowlly, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Erasmo Carlos, Alaska Thunderfuck, Justyna Steczkowska, Occidentali's Karma and Betty Who, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Marilyn Monroe, reaching back through Jayne Mansfield and forward to Erasmo Carlos. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Marilyn Monroe connections
Marilyn Monroe grew out of Jayne Mansfield, shares an orbit with Doris Day, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee and Connie Francis, went on to shape Erasmo Carlos, Alaska Thunderfuck, Justyna Steczkowska and Occidentali's Karma. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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