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Ruth Brown

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BluesRhythm and blues

Ruth Brown is a Blues and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Ahmet Ertegün and Doc Pomus. Those roots explain a lot about how Ruth Brown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chuck Willis, Big Joe Turner, Irma Thomas, The Drifters and Ivory Joe Hunter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rakim, Maria Muldaur, Shemekia Copeland, Candye Kane and U-Roy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Ruth Brown, reaching back through Sarah Vaughan and forward to Rakim. 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
Ruth BrownSarah VaughanBillie HolidayDinah WashingtonAhmet ErtegünDoc PomusLaVern BakerThad JonesMickey BakerRakimMaria MuldaurShemekia CopelandCandye KaneU-RoyAt Last!Chuck WillisBig Joe TurnerIrma ThomasThe DriftersIvory Joe HunterEtta JamesFats DominoRay Charles

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Ruth Brown connections

Ruth Brown grew out of Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Ahmet Ertegün, shares an orbit with Chuck Willis, Big Joe Turner, Irma Thomas and The Drifters, went on to shape Rakim, Maria Muldaur, Shemekia Copeland and Candye Kane. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Ruth Brown

Roots10

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Ruth Brown.

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Legacy6

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