◇ image via WikipediaMel and Kim
Mel and Kim is a Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of Stock Aitken Waterman and Quincy Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Mel and Kim arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hazell Dean, Jason Donovan, Sonia, Bros and Kim Appleby, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kim Appleby and Wet Wet Wet, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Mel and Kim, reaching back through Stock Aitken Waterman and forward to Kim Appleby. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Mel and Kim connections
Mel and Kim grew out of Stock Aitken Waterman and Quincy Jones, shares an orbit with Hazell Dean, Jason Donovan, Sonia and Bros, went on to shape Kim Appleby and Wet Wet Wet. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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