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Sheila & B. Devotion

Sheila & B. Devotion is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Manfred Mann, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. Those roots explain a lot about how Sheila & B. Devotion arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dan Hartman, Rose Royce, Amanda Lear, Amii Stewart and Ottawan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ottawan, Alcazar and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Sheila & B. Devotion, reaching back through Manfred Mann and forward to Ottawan. 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
Sheila & B. DevotionManfred MannNile RodgersBernard EdwardsOttawanAlcazarSophie Ellis-BextorDan HartmanRose RoyceAmanda LearAmii StewartOttawanNorma Jean WrightA Taste of HoneyBoney M.

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Sheila & B. Devotion connections

Sheila & B. Devotion grew out of Manfred Mann, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, shares an orbit with Dan Hartman, Rose Royce, Amanda Lear and Amii Stewart, went on to shape Ottawan, Alcazar and Sophie Ellis-Bextor. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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