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Percy Mayfield

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Percy Mayfield is a Blues and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Charles Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Percy Mayfield arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ivory Joe Hunter, Jimmy Witherspoon, Big Joe Turner, Bo Diddley and Johnny "Guitar" Watson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sonny Rhodes, Irma Thomas, Johnny Adams, Ray Charles and Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Percy Mayfield, reaching back through Charles Brown and forward to Sonny Rhodes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Percy Mayfield was an American rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter, known for the songs "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", the latter being a song first recorded by Ray Charles.

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Percy MayfieldCharles BrownSonny RhodesIrma ThomasJohnny AdamsRay CharlesHerman Brood & His W…Sade AduFiona AppleWalter TroutIvory Joe HunterJimmy WitherspoonBig Joe TurnerBo DiddleyJohnny "Guitar" WatsonFats DominoIke & Tina TurnerBobby "Blue" Bland

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Percy Mayfield connections

Percy Mayfield grew out of Charles Brown, shares an orbit with Ivory Joe Hunter, Jimmy Witherspoon, Big Joe Turner and Bo Diddley, went on to shape Sonny Rhodes, Irma Thomas, Johnny Adams and Ray Charles. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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