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Ray Stevens is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Erroll Garner, Andy Williams, Glenn Miller and Barry Manilow. Those roots explain a lot about how Ray Stevens arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roger Miller, Conway Twitty, Bill Anderson, Barbara Mandrell and Tammy Wynette, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Skeeter Davis, Dolly Parton, Heidi Newfield, Minnie Pearl and Taylor Swift, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Ray Stevens, reaching back through Erroll Garner and forward to Skeeter Davis. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ray Stevens connections
Ray Stevens grew out of Erroll Garner, Andy Williams, Glenn Miller and Barry Manilow, shares an orbit with Roger Miller, Conway Twitty, Bill Anderson and Barbara Mandrell, went on to shape Skeeter Davis, Dolly Parton, Heidi Newfield and Minnie Pearl. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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