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Sexual Healing is a House act. Their sound grew out of Ray Charles and Evelyn "Champagne" King. Those roots explain a lot about how Sexual Healing arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Words, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joe, Soul Asylum, Sarah Connor, Ne-Yo and Kygo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Sexual Healing, reaching back through Ray Charles and forward to Joe. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Sexual Healing" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye. Co-written by Gaye, Odell Brown and David Ritz, it was the leading single from Gaye's studio album, Midnight Love released in October 1982 by Columbia Records.
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Sexual Healing grew out of Ray Charles and Evelyn "Champagne" King, shares an orbit with Words, went on to shape Joe, Soul Asylum, Sarah Connor and Ne-Yo. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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