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Stevie Wonder

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Stevie Wonder is a Blues and Funk act. Their catalogue also touches House, Jazz and Pop. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, James Brown, Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke. Those roots explain a lot about how Stevie Wonder arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, The Jackson 5, Prince & The Revolution and The Jacksons, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Police, Lenny Kravitz and Justin Bieber, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 434 connections around Stevie Wonder, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Prince. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Stevie WonderBob DylanDuke EllingtonJames BrownJackie WilsonSam CookeToots ThielemansLittle WalterRay CharlesPrinceRed Hot Chili PeppersThe PoliceLenny KravitzJustin BieberSealMeghan TrainorCharlie PuthMarvin GayeDonny HathawayThe Jackson 5Prince & The Revolut…The JacksonsD'AngeloRufusMarvin Gaye & Tammi …

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Stevie Wonder connections

Stevie Wonder grew out of Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, James Brown and Jackie Wilson, shares an orbit with Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, The Jackson 5 and Prince & The Revolution, went on to shape Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Police and Lenny Kravitz. 434 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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