◇ image via WikipediaPerry Como
Perry Como is a Pop act. Their sound grew out of Caterina Valente, Bing Crosby, Burt Bacharach, Frank Sinatra and Don McLean. Those roots explain a lot about how Perry Como arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Doris Day, Bobby Darin, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett and Patti Page, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lucille Starr, Roy Hamilton, Dean Martin, Ray Charles and Frankie Laine, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Perry Como, reaching back through Caterina Valente and forward to Lucille Starr. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Perry Como connections
Perry Como grew out of Caterina Valente, Bing Crosby, Burt Bacharach and Frank Sinatra, shares an orbit with Doris Day, Bobby Darin, Peggy Lee and Tony Bennett, went on to shape Lucille Starr, Roy Hamilton, Dean Martin and Ray Charles. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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