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Moonlight Shadow is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Tony Curtis. Those roots explain a lot about how Moonlight Shadow arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as I Want It All, Here Comes the Rain Again, Rockefeller Street, What Is Love and That Don't Impress Me Much, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Miriam Stockley and Groove Coverage, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Moonlight Shadow, reaching back through Tony Curtis and forward to Miriam Stockley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Moonlight Shadow" is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, Crises, of the same year. The vocals were performed by Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had collaborated with Mike Oldfield since 1980. It is Oldfield's most successful single, reaching number one on numerous charts around Europe. In the UK, it reached number four during a nineteen-week chart run and was subsequently listed by the Official Charts Company as the 29th best-selling single of 1983.
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Moonlight Shadow grew out of Tony Curtis, shares an orbit with I Want It All, Here Comes the Rain Again, Rockefeller Street and What Is Love, went on to shape Miriam Stockley and Groove Coverage. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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