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Richard Smallwood

Richard Smallwood is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Donald Lawrence and Quincy Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Richard Smallwood arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kurt Carr, Myron Butler & Levi, Tramaine Hawkins, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Karen Clark Sheard, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Clark Sisters, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Tramaine Hawkins and Kurt Carr, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Richard Smallwood, reaching back through Donald Lawrence and forward to The Clark Sisters. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Richard Lee Smallwood was an American gospel songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist. He was best known for blending Traditional Gospel Music, with classical, R&B, soul, choral compositions, and other Christian music genres.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Richard SmallwoodDonald LawrenceQuincy JonesThe Clark SistersChaka KhanWhitney HoustonTramaine HawkinsKurt CarrAngela WinbushAretha FranklinDestiny's ChildKurt CarrMyron Butler & LeviTramaine HawkinsVanessa Bell ArmstrongKaren Clark SheardJohn P. KeeDonald Lawrence & Th…Micah Stampley

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Richard Smallwood connections

Richard Smallwood grew out of Donald Lawrence and Quincy Jones, shares an orbit with Kurt Carr, Myron Butler & Levi, Tramaine Hawkins and Vanessa Bell Armstrong, went on to shape The Clark Sisters, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston and Tramaine Hawkins. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Richard Smallwood.

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