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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 Debby Boone, The Oak Ridge Boys, Roger Miller, Conway Twitty and Bobby Bare, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Heidi Newfield, Minnie Pearl, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Ray Stevens, reaching back through Erroll Garner and forward to Heidi Newfield. 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 Debby Boone, The Oak Ridge Boys, Roger Miller and Conway Twitty, went on to shape Heidi Newfield, Minnie Pearl, Taylor Swift and Dolly Parton. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Ray Stevens
Sounds and acts that shaped Ray Stevens.
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