Norman Whitfield
Norman Whitfield is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Sly and the Family Stone and Funkadelic. Those roots explain a lot about how Norman Whitfield arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Brian Holland, Gene Page, Chairmen Of The Board, Don Julian and Jr. Walker & The All Stars, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marvin Gaye, The Marvelettes, The Velvelettes, The Temptations and Gladys Knight & the Pips, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Norman Whitfield, reaching back through Sly and the Family Stone and forward to Marvin Gaye. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Norman Whitfield grew out of Sly and the Family Stone and Funkadelic, shares an orbit with Brian Holland, Gene Page, Chairmen Of The Board and Don Julian, went on to shape Marvin Gaye, The Marvelettes, The Velvelettes and The Temptations. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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