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Phil Spector is a Pop and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Ben E. King, The Drifters, Ray Peterson, Connie Francis and Gene Pitney. Those roots explain a lot about how Phil Spector arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Righteous Brothers, Cliff Richard, Herman's Hermits, The Archies and Neil Sedaka, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Smash Mouth, Kim Fowley, Good Vibrations, Roy Wood and Bat Out of Hell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 61 connections around Phil Spector, reaching back through Ben E. King and forward to Smash Mouth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Phil Spector connections
Phil Spector grew out of Ben E. King, The Drifters, Ray Peterson and Connie Francis, shares an orbit with The Righteous Brothers, Cliff Richard, Herman's Hermits and The Archies, went on to shape Smash Mouth, Kim Fowley, Good Vibrations and Roy Wood. 61 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Phil Spector
Sounds and acts that shaped Phil Spector.
Artists similar to Phil Spector
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Phil Spector.
Bands Phil Spector shaped
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