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Percy Sledge

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Percy Sledge is a Blues and House act. Their sound grew out of Dan Penn, Otis Redding, Steve Earle, Ketty Lester and Jackie Lomax. Those roots explain a lot about how Percy Sledge arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Otis Redding, The Drifters, The Four Tops, Clarence Carter and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ben E. King, Jimmy Barnes, Michael Bolton, Bobby Womack and Steve Cropper, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Percy Sledge, reaching back through Dan Penn and forward to Ben E. King. 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
Percy SledgeDan PennOtis ReddingSteve EarleKetty LesterJackie LomaxBarry GoldbergRick HallA Kick in the Head I…Ben E. KingJimmy BarnesMichael BoltonBobby WomackSteve CropperMick TaylorSteve EarleJackie LomaxOtis ReddingThe DriftersThe Four TopsClarence CarterMartha Reeves & The …The Righteous BrothersIke & Tina TurnerJr. Walker & The All…

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Percy Sledge connections

Percy Sledge grew out of Dan Penn, Otis Redding, Steve Earle and Ketty Lester, shares an orbit with Otis Redding, The Drifters, The Four Tops and Clarence Carter, went on to shape Ben E. King, Jimmy Barnes, Michael Bolton and Bobby Womack. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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