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Murray Head is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Steve Hillage, Benny Andersson, Vic Briggs, Robert Johnson and Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Murray Head arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cock Robin, Kim Wilde, Laura Branigan, Falco and Fine Young Cannibals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Vinylshakerz, Boyzone, The Smiths, Roger Daltrey and Gary Brooker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around Murray Head, reaching back through Steve Hillage and forward to Vinylshakerz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Murray Seafield St George Head is an English actor and singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the BAFTA award-winning and Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday. As a musician, he is most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" and "One Night in Bangkok". He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music, perform concerts, and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor.
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Murray Head connections
Murray Head grew out of Steve Hillage, Benny Andersson, Vic Briggs and Robert Johnson, shares an orbit with Cock Robin, Kim Wilde, Laura Branigan and Falco, went on to shape Vinylshakerz, Boyzone, The Smiths and Roger Daltrey. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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