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Ray Dalton

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BGospel

Ray Dalton is a Contemporary R&B and Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Amy Winehouse, Fleetwood Mac, Missy Elliott, Kanye West and Ryan Lewis. Those roots explain a lot about how Ray Dalton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Marlon Roudette, Kwabs, Taio Cruz, Stefanie Heinzmann and JP Cooper, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Macklemore and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Ray Dalton, reaching back through Amy Winehouse and forward to Macklemore. 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
Ray DaltonAmy WinehouseFleetwood MacMissy ElliottKanye WestRyan LewisMacklemoreMacklemore & Ryan Le…Marlon RoudetteKwabsTaio CruzStefanie HeinzmannJP CooperNina ChubaEmeli SandéDuncan Laurence

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Ray Dalton connections

Ray Dalton grew out of Amy Winehouse, Fleetwood Mac, Missy Elliott and Kanye West, shares an orbit with Marlon Roudette, Kwabs, Taio Cruz and Stefanie Heinzmann, went on to shape Macklemore and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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