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Martha Wash

Contemporary R&B
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Martha Wash is a Contemporary R&B and House act. Their sound grew out of Evelyn "Champagne" King, Loleatta Holloway, Osunlade, Paul Jabara and Jonny McGovern. Those roots explain a lot about how Martha Wash arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ce Ce Peniston, Crystal Waters, Black Box, The Weather Girls and Deee-Lite, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Showtek, Serhat, Jeanie Tracy, Black Box and C+C Music Factory, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Martha Wash, reaching back through Evelyn "Champagne" King and forward to Showtek. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Martha WashEvelyn "Champagne" K…Loleatta HollowayOsunladePaul JabaraJonny McGovernSylvesterAretha FranklinRebbie JacksonShowtekSerhatJeanie TracyBlack BoxC+C Music FactoryTodd TerryJocelyn BrownRuPaulCe Ce PenistonCrystal WatersBlack BoxThe Weather GirlsDeee-LiteKristine W.Paula AbdulWhitney Houston

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Martha Wash grew out of Evelyn "Champagne" King, Loleatta Holloway, Osunlade and Paul Jabara, shares an orbit with Ce Ce Peniston, Crystal Waters, Black Box and The Weather Girls, went on to shape Showtek, Serhat, Jeanie Tracy and Black Box. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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