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Sam Sparro

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HouseRhythm and blues

Sam Sparro is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Alphabeat, Mark Ronson, Chaka Khan, Estelle and American Boy. Those roots explain a lot about how Sam Sparro arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Presets, Little Boots, Just Jack, Sneaky Sound System and Craig David, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Adam Lambert and Sneaky Sound System, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Sam Sparro, reaching back through Alphabeat and forward to Adam Lambert. 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
Sam SparroAlphabeatMark RonsonChaka KhanEstelleAmerican BoyOf the Blue Colour o…DJ MehdiKraak & SmaakAdam LambertSneaky Sound SystemThe PresetsLittle BootsJust JackSneaky Sound SystemCraig DavidGabriella CilmiDaniel BedingfieldDannii Minogue

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Sam Sparro connections

Sam Sparro grew out of Alphabeat, Mark Ronson, Chaka Khan and Estelle, shares an orbit with The Presets, Little Boots, Just Jack and Sneaky Sound System, went on to shape Adam Lambert and Sneaky Sound System. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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