◇ image via WikipediaTed Taylor
Ted Taylor is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Little Willie John, Clyde McPhatter, Jackie Wilson, Bobby Patterson and Johnny Pate. Those roots explain a lot about how Ted Taylor arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as James Hunter, Baby Washington, Freddie Scott, Darrell Banks and O.V. Wright, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into MC5, Ludacris, Kendrick Lamar, dead prez and Wayne Kramer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Ted Taylor, reaching back through Little Willie John and forward to MC5. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Theodore Taylor, also known as Ivory Lucky, was an American soul singer.
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Ted Taylor connections
Ted Taylor grew out of Little Willie John, Clyde McPhatter, Jackie Wilson and Bobby Patterson, shares an orbit with James Hunter, Baby Washington, Freddie Scott and Darrell Banks, went on to shape MC5, Ludacris, Kendrick Lamar and dead prez. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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