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Shakespears Sister

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RapSynth-pop

Shakespears Sister is a Rap and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Leon Russell, Bob Seger, Jennifer Rush, Chaka Khan and Bananarama. Those roots explain a lot about how Shakespears Sister arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as T'Pau, Eurythmics, Kim Wilde, Belinda Carlisle and Erasure, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Karmacoma, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Shakespears Sister, reaching back through Leon Russell and forward to Karmacoma. 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
Shakespears SisterLeon RussellBob SegerJennifer RushChaka KhanBananaramaDavid A. StewartIvan KrálThe SmithsKarmacomaT'PauEurythmicsKim WildeBelinda CarlisleErasureTransvision VampKirsty MacCollAnnie Lennox

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Shakespears Sister connections

Shakespears Sister grew out of Leon Russell, Bob Seger, Jennifer Rush and Chaka Khan, shares an orbit with T'Pau, Eurythmics, Kim Wilde and Belinda Carlisle, went on to shape Karmacoma. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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