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Odyssey

Odyssey is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Lamont Dozier. Those roots explain a lot about how Odyssey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Three Degrees, Tavares, Rose Royce, Shalamar and Sister Sledge, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Esther Phillips, Village People, Artful Dodger, Tindersticks and Phyllis Hyman, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Odyssey, reaching back through Lamont Dozier and forward to Esther Phillips. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Odyssey is a vocal trio originally from New York City, who are best known for their disco hits including "Native New Yorker" (1977), "Use It Up and Wear It Out" (1980), and "Going Back to My Roots" (1981). Now based in the United Kingdom, the band is led and fronted by Steven Collazo and continues to perform and record.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
OdysseyLamont DozierEsther PhillipsVillage PeopleArtful DodgerTindersticksPhyllis HymanThe Three DegreesTavaresRose RoyceShalamarSister SledgeChangeMcFadden & WhiteheadThe Jones Girls

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Odyssey connections

Odyssey grew out of Lamont Dozier, shares an orbit with The Three Degrees, Tavares, Rose Royce and Shalamar, went on to shape Esther Phillips, Village People, Artful Dodger and Tindersticks. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Odyssey

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