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Slim Whitman

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Country

Slim Whitman is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Doris Day, Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry. Those roots explain a lot about how Slim Whitman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jim Reeves, Jeannie C. Riley, The Statler Brothers, Jimmie Rodgers and Tex Ritter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Daniel Johnston, Michael Jackson, Bryan Adams, Elvis Presley and Paul McCartney, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Slim Whitman, reaching back through Doris Day and forward to Daniel Johnston. 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
Slim WhitmanDoris DayJimmie RodgersGene AutryDaniel JohnstonMichael JacksonBryan AdamsElvis PresleyPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonJim ReevesJeannie C. RileyThe Statler BrothersJimmie RodgersTex RitterKitty WellsJohnny HortonDave Dudley

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Slim Whitman connections

Slim Whitman grew out of Doris Day, Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry, shares an orbit with Jim Reeves, Jeannie C. Riley, The Statler Brothers and Jimmie Rodgers, went on to shape Daniel Johnston, Michael Jackson, Bryan Adams and Elvis Presley. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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