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Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand. Those roots explain a lot about how Rupert Holmes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Robbie Dupree, Blue Swede, Stephen Bishop, Pablo Cruise and Gino Vannelli, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lamont Dozier, Gene Pitney, The Platters, The Drifters and Wayne Newton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Rupert Holmes, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Lamont Dozier. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Rupert Holmes is a British-born American dramatist and author, and formerly a composer, singer-songwriter and music producer. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape " (1979) and "Him" (1980). He is also known for his musicals The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which earned him two Tony Awards, and Curtains, his television series Remember WENN, and his novel Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide.

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Rupert HolmesBob DylanBarbra StreisandLamont DozierGene PitneyThe PlattersThe DriftersWayne NewtonDolly PartonBarry ManilowSparksRobbie DupreeBlue SwedeStephen BishopPablo CruiseGino VannelliOrleansEngland Dan & John F…Seals & Crofts

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Rupert Holmes connections

Rupert Holmes grew out of Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand, shares an orbit with Robbie Dupree, Blue Swede, Stephen Bishop and Pablo Cruise, went on to shape Lamont Dozier, Gene Pitney, The Platters and The Drifters. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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