◇ image via WikipediaSonny Bono
Sonny Bono is a Pop act. Their sound grew out of The Ronettes, Sam Cooke and Phil Spector. Those roots explain a lot about how Sonny Bono arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Gods and The Flower Pot Men, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mott the Hoople, Rebbie Jackson, The Righteous Brothers, Cher and The Rolling Stones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Sonny Bono, reaching back through The Ronettes and forward to Mott the Hoople. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sonny Bono connections
Sonny Bono grew out of The Ronettes, Sam Cooke and Phil Spector, shares an orbit with The Gods and The Flower Pot Men, went on to shape Mott the Hoople, Rebbie Jackson, The Righteous Brothers and Cher. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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