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Roberta Martin is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Thomas A. Dorsey. Those roots explain a lot about how Roberta Martin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Clara Ward, Inez Andrews, Albertina Walker, The Canton Spirituals and Walter Hawkins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into James Cleveland, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Roberta Martin, reaching back through Thomas A. Dorsey and forward to James Cleveland. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Roberta Evelyn Martin was an American gospel composer, singer, pianist, arranger and choral organizer, helped launch the careers of many other gospel artists through her group, The Roberta Martin Singers.
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Roberta Martin grew out of Thomas A. Dorsey, shares an orbit with Clara Ward, Inez Andrews, Albertina Walker and The Canton Spirituals, went on to shape James Cleveland. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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