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Stars on 45

Stars on 45 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stevie Wonder, The Archies, Madness, Lipps Inc. and Heatwave. Those roots explain a lot about how Stars on 45 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ottawan, Chilly, Bad Boys Blue, Goombay Dance Band and Silent Circle, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sam & Dave, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lobo, Enigma and Pink Floyd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Stars on 45, reaching back through Stevie Wonder and forward to Sam & Dave. 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
Stars on 45Stevie WonderThe ArchiesMadnessLipps Inc.HeatwaveThe S.O.S. BandShocking BlueABBASam & DaveThe Royal Philharmon…LoboEnigmaPink FloydDavid GilmourLittle RichardThe Everly BrothersOttawanChillyBad Boys BlueGoombay Dance BandSilent CircleBoney M.Amii StewartBaccara

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Stars on 45 connections

Stars on 45 grew out of Stevie Wonder, The Archies, Madness and Lipps Inc., shares an orbit with Ottawan, Chilly, Bad Boys Blue and Goombay Dance Band, went on to shape Sam & Dave, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lobo and Enigma. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots13

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