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Norma Jean Wright

Norma Jean Wright is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bernard Edwards. Those roots explain a lot about how Norma Jean Wright arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mass Production, Pleasure, Brass Construction, Lenny Williams and MFSB, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fantasy, Joey Negro, Freddie Jackson, Debbie Gibson and Sister Sledge, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Norma Jean Wright, reaching back through Bernard Edwards and forward to Fantasy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Norma Jean Wright is an American singer and was the lead vocalist of the American group Chic, a soul, R&B and disco band, from 1977 to 1978.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Norma Jean WrightBernard EdwardsFantasyJoey NegroFreddie JacksonDebbie GibsonSister SledgeMadonnaLuther VandrossCe Ce PenistonMass ProductionPleasureBrass ConstructionLenny WilliamsMFSBColonel AbramsTom BrowneShalamar

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Norma Jean Wright connections

Norma Jean Wright grew out of Bernard Edwards, shares an orbit with Mass Production, Pleasure, Brass Construction and Lenny Williams, went on to shape Fantasy, Joey Negro, Freddie Jackson and Debbie Gibson. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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