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Tears Dry on Their Own is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell and Ashford & Simpson. Those roots explain a lot about how Tears Dry on Their Own arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Back to Black and Crazy in Love, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Skepta, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Tears Dry on Their Own, reaching back through Marvin Gaye and forward to Skepta. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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"Tears Dry on Their Own" is a song by the English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse from her second and final studio album, Back to Black (2006). It was released on 13 August 2007 as the album's fourth single. While the melody and lyrics are composed by Winehouse, the music behind her voice is an interpolation of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's 1967 song "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", penned by Ashford & Simpson. The original ballad version of the track is featured on the posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011). The song was featured in the documentary film based on the life and death of Winehouse, Amy (2015) and was also included on the film's soundtrack.
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Tears Dry on Their Own grew out of Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell and Ashford & Simpson, shares an orbit with Back to Black and Crazy in Love, went on to shape Skepta. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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