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Merry Clayton

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Merry Clayton is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of The Acid Queen, It's in His Kiss, Eugene McDaniels, Tata Vega and Gene McDaniels. Those roots explain a lot about how Merry Clayton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bruce Channel, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Ike & Tina Turner, Otis Redding and Dionne Warwick, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Brown Sugar, Phil Ochs, Burt Bacharach, Tom Jones and Joe Cocker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Merry Clayton, reaching back through The Acid Queen and forward to Brown Sugar. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Merry ClaytonThe Acid QueenIt's in His KissEugene McDanielsTata VegaGene McDanielsThe ShirellesBrown SugarPhil OchsBurt BacharachTom JonesJoe CockerLinda RonstadtCarole KingTori AmosBruce ChannelMartha Reeves & The …Ike & Tina TurnerOtis ReddingDionne WarwickDonny HathawayBarbara LewisBaby Huey

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Merry Clayton connections

Merry Clayton grew out of The Acid Queen, It's in His Kiss, Eugene McDaniels and Tata Vega, shares an orbit with Bruce Channel, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Ike & Tina Turner and Otis Redding, went on to shape Brown Sugar, Phil Ochs, Burt Bacharach and Tom Jones. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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