◇ image via WikipediaRandy Newman
Randy Newman is a Blues and Contemporary R&B act. Their catalogue also touches Pop and Rock. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, Ivory Joe Hunter, George Gershwin, Blind Willie McTell and Fats Domino. Those roots explain a lot about how Randy Newman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Van Morrison, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Loudon Wainwright III and Alan Menken, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nolan Porter, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Son Lux, Jill Sobule and Signing Off, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 95 connections around Randy Newman, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Nolan Porter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Randy Newman connections
Randy Newman grew out of The Beatles, Ivory Joe Hunter, George Gershwin and Blind Willie McTell, shares an orbit with Van Morrison, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello and Loudon Wainwright III, went on to shape Nolan Porter, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Son Lux and Jill Sobule. 95 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Randy Newman
Sounds and acts that shaped Randy Newman.
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Artists similar to Randy Newman
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Randy Newman.
Bands Randy Newman shaped
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