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Pat Boone

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Pat Boone is a Country and Gospel act. Their catalogue also touches Pop and Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Little Richard, Fats Domino, Connie Francis, Randy Newman and Ivory Joe Hunter. Those roots explain a lot about how Pat Boone arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Perry Como, Bobby Vee, The Everly Brothers, Doris Day and Connie Francis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jerry Lee Lewis, Debby Boone, Ann-Margret, Getz/Gilberto and The Shirelles, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Pat Boone, reaching back through Little Richard and forward to Jerry Lee Lewis. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Pat BooneLittle RichardFats DominoConnie FrancisRandy NewmanIvory Joe HunterNat King ColeThe FlamingosJohnny CashJerry Lee LewisDebby BooneAnn-MargretGetz/GilbertoThe ShirellesDavid GatesAnita KerrPerry ComoBobby VeeThe Everly BrothersDoris DayConnie FrancisNeil SedakaFats DominoThe Drifters

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Pat Boone connections

Pat Boone grew out of Little Richard, Fats Domino, Connie Francis and Randy Newman, shares an orbit with Perry Como, Bobby Vee, The Everly Brothers and Doris Day, went on to shape Jerry Lee Lewis, Debby Boone, Ann-Margret and Getz/Gilberto. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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