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S.O.S. Band is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and The Time. Those roots explain a lot about how S.O.S. Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cherrelle, Loose Ends, Shalamar, Midnight Star and Alexander O'Neal, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Prince, Maxwell and Dazz Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around S.O.S. Band, reaching back through Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and forward to Michael Jackson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The S.O.S. Band is an American R&B and electro-funk group formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1977. The original lineup featured Mary Davis, Jason Bryant (keyboards), Billy Ellis and Willie “Sonny” Killebrew (horns), Bruno Speight (guitar), John Simpson (bass), and James Earl Jones III (drums).
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S.O.S. Band connections
S.O.S. Band grew out of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and The Time, shares an orbit with Cherrelle, Loose Ends, Shalamar and Midnight Star, went on to shape Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Prince and Maxwell. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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