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Reunion

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Reunion is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Brenda & The Tabulations, The Four Tops, Three Dog Night, Sly and the Family Stone and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how Reunion arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Mott the Hoople and Tracey Ullman, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around Reunion, reaching back through Brenda & The Tabulations and forward to Mott the Hoople. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" is a 1974 patter song written by Norman Dolph (lyrics) and Paul DiFranco (music). It was recorded by an ad hoc group of studio musicians called Reunion, with Joey Levine as lead singer. The lyrics are a fast recitation of the names of 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s musicians, songwriters, song titles, lyrics, disc jockeys, record labels, and more, broken only by the chorus. The song is similar to "I've Been Everywhere", which lists place names. Levine was previously lead singer and co-writer of bubblegum music hits "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Chewy Chewy" by Ohio Express. "Life Is a Rock" peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
ReunionBrenda & The Tabulat…The Four TopsThree Dog NightSly and the Family S…Stevie WonderMott the HoopleTracey Ullman

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Reunion connections

Reunion grew out of Brenda & The Tabulations, The Four Tops, Three Dog Night and Sly and the Family Stone, went on to shape Mott the Hoople and Tracey Ullman. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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