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Teddy Swims

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CountryHouseRhythm and blues

Teddy Swims is a Country and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Al Green, Victoria Canal, Heat Waves, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how Teddy Swims arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as JP Cooper, Sam Smith, John Legend, Lewis Capaldi and James Morrison, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tyler Carter, Thomas Rhett, Ingrid Andress, Meghan Trainor and Illenium, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Teddy Swims, reaching back through Al Green and forward to Tyler Carter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Teddy SwimsAl GreenVictoria CanalHeat WavesMarvin GayeStevie WonderMichael JacksonLewis CapaldiChris StapletonTyler CarterThomas RhettIngrid AndressMeghan TrainorIlleniumMKBurnsArmin van BuurenJP CooperSam SmithJohn LegendLewis CapaldiJames MorrisonThe Teskey BrothersJacob BanksJames Bay

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Teddy Swims grew out of Al Green, Victoria Canal, Heat Waves and Marvin Gaye, shares an orbit with JP Cooper, Sam Smith, John Legend and Lewis Capaldi, went on to shape Tyler Carter, Thomas Rhett, Ingrid Andress and Meghan Trainor. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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