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Shorty Long

Shorty Long is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Harvey Fuqua. Those roots explain a lot about how Shorty Long arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Contours, The Originals, Edwin Starr, Jr. Walker & The All Stars and The Four Tops, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marvin Gaye, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Shorty Long, reaching back through Harvey Fuqua and forward to Marvin Gaye. 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
Shorty LongHarvey FuquaMarvin GayeMitch Ryder & The De…Stevie WonderSmokey RobinsonThe ContoursThe OriginalsEdwin StarrJr. Walker & The All…The Four TopsMartha Reeves & The …Marv JohnsonThe Supremes

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Shorty Long connections

Shorty Long grew out of Harvey Fuqua, shares an orbit with The Contours, The Originals, Edwin Starr and Jr. Walker & The All Stars, went on to shape Marvin Gaye, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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