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Pebbles is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Babyface, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, Bill Summers, Con Funk Shun and André Cymone. Those roots explain a lot about how Pebbles arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Exposé, Vanessa Williams, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Paula Abdul and Club Nouveau, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kenny Lattimore, Mario Winans, TLC, Cherrelle and Johnny Gill, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Pebbles, reaching back through Babyface and forward to Kenny Lattimore. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Perri Arlette Reid, known professionally as Pebbles, is an American singer, songwriter, businesswoman, pastor, record producer, and music executive. She is known for her hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s such as "Girlfriend" (1987), "Mercedes Boy" (1988), "Giving You the Benefit" (1990), "Love Makes Things Happen" (1990) and "Backyard" (1991). In addition to a recording career, Reid helped develop the contemporary R&B group TLC. She is now an Atlanta-based minister, known as Sister Perri.
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Pebbles connections
Pebbles grew out of Babyface, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, Bill Summers and Con Funk Shun, shares an orbit with Exposé, Vanessa Williams, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam and Paula Abdul, went on to shape Kenny Lattimore, Mario Winans, TLC and Cherrelle. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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