◇ image via WikipediaO.C. Smith
O.C. Smith is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johnny Bristol, Mac Davis and Count Basie. Those roots explain a lot about how O.C. Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Soul Survivors, New York City, The Vibrations, The Masqueraders and Jan Bradley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kenny Rogers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around O.C. Smith, reaching back through Johnny Bristol and forward to Kenny Rogers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ocie Lee Smith, known professionally as O. C. Smith, was an American singer. His recording of "Little Green Apples" went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 and sold over one million records.
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O.C. Smith connections
O.C. Smith grew out of Johnny Bristol, Mac Davis and Count Basie, shares an orbit with The Soul Survivors, New York City, The Vibrations and The Masqueraders, went on to shape Kenny Rogers. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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