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Phyllis Dillon

Ska
Ska

Phyllis Dillon is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Sonia Pottinger, Connie Francis, Patti Page and Dionne Warwick. Those roots explain a lot about how Phyllis Dillon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Techniques, Derrick Morgan, Lord Tanamo, Derrick Harriott and Prince Buster, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Aggrolites, Carroll Thompson, Hollie Cook and Alton Ellis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Phyllis Dillon, reaching back through Sonia Pottinger and forward to The Aggrolites. 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
Phyllis DillonSonia PottingerConnie FrancisPatti PageDionne WarwickThe AggrolitesCarroll ThompsonHollie CookAlton EllisThe TechniquesDerrick MorganLord TanamoDerrick HarriottPrince BusterThe ParagonsThe JamaicansThe Ethiopians

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Phyllis Dillon grew out of Sonia Pottinger, Connie Francis, Patti Page and Dionne Warwick, shares an orbit with The Techniques, Derrick Morgan, Lord Tanamo and Derrick Harriott, went on to shape The Aggrolites, Carroll Thompson, Hollie Cook and Alton Ellis. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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