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Stock Aitken Waterman

Dance-pop
Dance-popSynth-pop

Stock Aitken Waterman is a Dance-pop and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Paul McCartney and George Martin. Those roots explain a lot about how Stock Aitken Waterman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band, Apollonia 6, Michael Fortunati, Ankie Bagger and Rhyze, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sonia, Cliff Richard, Tetsuya Komuro, Divine and Hazell Dean, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Stock Aitken Waterman, reaching back through Paul McCartney and forward to Sonia. 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
Stock Aitken WatermanPaul McCartneyGeorge MartinSoniaCliff RichardTetsuya KomuroDivineHazell DeanDead or AliveBananaramaMel and KimThe Brooklyn, Bronx …Apollonia 6Michael FortunatiAnkie BaggerRhyze

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Stock Aitken Waterman connections

Stock Aitken Waterman grew out of Paul McCartney and George Martin, shares an orbit with The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band, Apollonia 6, Michael Fortunati and Ankie Bagger, went on to shape Sonia, Cliff Richard, Tetsuya Komuro and Divine. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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