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Rita Coolidge

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CountryFolk

Rita Coolidge is a Country and Folk act. Their sound grew out of Marcia Hines, Kim Carnes, I Believe in You, Booker T. Jones and Lauren Wood. Those roots explain a lot about how Rita Coolidge arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lobo, Captain & Tennille, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Shirley Bassey and Stephen Bishop, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Billy Swan, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Irish Rovers, Roger Waters and The Carpenters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Rita Coolidge, reaching back through Marcia Hines and forward to Billy Swan. 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
Rita CoolidgeMarcia HinesKim CarnesI Believe in YouBooker T. JonesLauren WoodDelaney & BonnieLeon RussellJoe CockerBilly SwanTedeschi Trucks BandThe Irish RoversRoger WatersThe CarpentersBooker T. JonesPriscillaLoboCaptain & TennilleEngland Dan & John F…Shirley BasseyStephen BishopCarpentersLeo SayerDionne Warwick

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Rita Coolidge connections

Rita Coolidge grew out of Marcia Hines, Kim Carnes, I Believe in You and Booker T. Jones, shares an orbit with Lobo, Captain & Tennille, England Dan & John Ford Coley and Shirley Bassey, went on to shape Billy Swan, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Irish Rovers and Roger Waters. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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