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Smith is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Band, Del Shannon, Music from Big Pink, Burt Bacharach and The Beatles. Those roots explain a lot about how Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Box Tops, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Grass Roots, Cream and The Young Rascals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into MC Cabelinho, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Smith, reaching back through The Band and forward to MC Cabelinho. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Smith was an American rock band formed in 1969 in Los Angeles, California. They had a soul-based sound and scored a Top 5 hit in the United States in 1969 with the Burt Bacharach song "Baby It's You", featuring Gayle McCormick on lead vocals. The record sold over one million copies between July and October 1969, out-charted popular versions by the Beatles and the Shirelles, and was awarded a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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Smith connections
Smith grew out of The Band, Del Shannon, Music from Big Pink and Burt Bacharach, shares an orbit with The Box Tops, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Grass Roots and Cream, went on to shape MC Cabelinho. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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