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Paul Williams

Folk
Folk

Paul Williams is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of B-Side, Walter Murphy, Anita Bryant and The Supremes. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gilbert O'Sullivan, Al Stewart, Paul Simon, Rupert Holmes and Pablo Cruise, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Carpenters, The Tubes, Carpenters, Alice Smith and Three Dog Night, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Paul Williams, reaching back through B-Side and forward to The Carpenters. 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
Paul WilliamsB-SideWalter MurphyAnita BryantThe SupremesThe CarpentersThe TubesCarpentersAlice SmithThree Dog NightJack JonesThe 5th DimensionGilbert O'SullivanAl StewartPaul SimonRupert HolmesPablo CruiseBreadKenny LogginsRod Stewart

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Paul Williams connections

Paul Williams grew out of B-Side, Walter Murphy, Anita Bryant and The Supremes, shares an orbit with Gilbert O'Sullivan, Al Stewart, Paul Simon and Rupert Holmes, went on to shape The Carpenters, The Tubes, Carpenters and Alice Smith. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Paul Williams

Roots4

Sounds and acts that shaped Paul Williams.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Paul Williams.

Bands Paul Williams shaped

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