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Motown is a House act. Their sound grew out of Jackie Wilson and Debbie Reynolds. Those roots explain a lot about how Motown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Funk Brothers and The Jackson 5, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dan Hartman, Kind of Like Spitting, Mac Ayres, Phil Lynott and Mable John, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Motown, reaching back through Jackie Wilson and forward to Dan Hartman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Motown connections
Motown grew out of Jackie Wilson and Debbie Reynolds, shares an orbit with The Funk Brothers and The Jackson 5, went on to shape Dan Hartman, Kind of Like Spitting, Mac Ayres and Phil Lynott. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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