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Mary Hopkin

Progressive rock
Progressive rock

Mary Hopkin is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Hot Chocolate, Vashti Bunyan, Brian Bennett, Hey Jude and Sandie Shaw. Those roots explain a lot about how Mary Hopkin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Seekers, Manfred Mann, The Tremeloes, Sandie Shaw and Judy Collins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bonnie Tyler and Dana Rosemary Scallon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Mary Hopkin, reaching back through Hot Chocolate and forward to Bonnie Tyler. 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
Mary HopkinHot ChocolateVashti BunyanBrian BennettHey JudeSandie ShawDonovanGeorge MartinHarry NilssonBonnie TylerDana Rosemary ScallonThe SeekersManfred MannThe TremeloesSandie ShawJudy CollinsHerman's HermitsNancy SinatraThe Beatles

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Mary Hopkin connections

Mary Hopkin grew out of Hot Chocolate, Vashti Bunyan, Brian Bennett and Hey Jude, shares an orbit with The Seekers, Manfred Mann, The Tremeloes and Sandie Shaw, went on to shape Bonnie Tyler and Dana Rosemary Scallon. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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