◇ image via WikipediaThe Ad Libs
The Ad Libs is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ellie Greenwich and Van McCoy. Those roots explain a lot about how The Ad Libs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Betty Everett, Jackie DeShannon, Shelley Fabares, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and Dee Dee Warwick, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Manhattan Transfer, The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around The Ad Libs, reaching back through Ellie Greenwich and forward to The Manhattan Transfer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Ad Libs connections
The Ad Libs grew out of Ellie Greenwich and Van McCoy, shares an orbit with Betty Everett, Jackie DeShannon, Shelley Fabares and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, went on to shape The Manhattan Transfer, The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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