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The Capitols

The Capitols is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Barbara Lewis and The Funk Brothers. Those roots explain a lot about how The Capitols arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Four Tops, Edwin Starr, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, The Contours and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Todd Rundgren and The Go-Go's, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around The Capitols, reaching back through Barbara Lewis and forward to Todd Rundgren. 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
The CapitolsBarbara LewisThe Funk BrothersTodd RundgrenThe Go-Go'sThe Four TopsEdwin StarrJr. Walker & The All…The ContoursMartha Reeves & The …Percy SledgeShirley EllisJ.J. Jackson

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The Capitols connections

The Capitols grew out of Barbara Lewis and The Funk Brothers, shares an orbit with The Four Tops, Edwin Starr, Jr. Walker & The All Stars and The Contours, went on to shape Todd Rundgren and The Go-Go's. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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