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R.B. Greaves

R.B. Greaves is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Burt Bacharach, Procol Harum and Sam Cooke. Those roots explain a lot about how R.B. Greaves arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Young Rascals, The Box Tops, The Drifters, Manfred Mann and Jay & The Americans, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Doug Stone, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around R.B. Greaves, reaching back through Burt Bacharach and forward to Doug Stone. 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
R.B. GreavesBurt BacharachProcol HarumSam CookeDoug StoneThe Young RascalsThe Box TopsThe DriftersManfred MannJay & The AmericansHerman's HermitsJackie DeShannonJohnny Rivers

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R.B. Greaves connections

R.B. Greaves grew out of Burt Bacharach, Procol Harum and Sam Cooke, shares an orbit with The Young Rascals, The Box Tops, The Drifters and Manfred Mann, went on to shape Doug Stone. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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