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Reggie Lucas

Disco
DiscoHouseRhythm and blues

Reggie Lucas is a Disco and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Billy Paul, Miles Davis, Roberta Flack, Norman Connors and Babatunde Olatunji. Those roots explain a lot about how Reggie Lucas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Idris Muhammad, Billy Cobham, The Gaturs and Parlet, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Madonna, Stephanie Mills, Phyllis Hyman, Lou Rawls and The Spinners, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Reggie Lucas, reaching back through Billy Paul and forward to Madonna. 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
RLReggie LucasBilly PaulMiles DavisRoberta FlackNorman ConnorsBabatunde OlatunjiFlora PurimLonnie Liston SmithUrszula DudziakMadonnaStephanie MillsPhyllis HymanLou RawlsThe SpinnersRebbie JacksonRandy CrawfordThe Four TopsIdris MuhammadBilly CobhamThe GatursParlet

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Reggie Lucas grew out of Billy Paul, Miles Davis, Roberta Flack and Norman Connors, shares an orbit with Idris Muhammad, Billy Cobham, The Gaturs and Parlet, went on to shape Madonna, Stephanie Mills, Phyllis Hyman and Lou Rawls. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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