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The Coasters

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

The Coasters is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of J.J. Jackson, Ahmet Ertegün, King Curtis, Leiber-Stoller and Herb Abramson. Those roots explain a lot about how The Coasters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Drifters, Chuck Willis, Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino and Larry Williams, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Hollies, Chubby Checker, Henri Salvador and Atco Records, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The Coasters, reaching back through J.J. Jackson and forward to The Hollies. 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 CoastersJ.J. JacksonAhmet ErtegünKing CurtisLeiber-StollerHerb AbramsonDoc PomusThe DriftersThe HolliesChubby CheckerHenri SalvadorAtco RecordsThe DriftersChuck WillisBig Joe TurnerFats DominoLarry WilliamsThe Everly BrothersJerry Lee LewisCarl Perkins

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The Coasters connections

The Coasters grew out of J.J. Jackson, Ahmet Ertegün, King Curtis and Leiber-Stoller, shares an orbit with The Drifters, Chuck Willis, Big Joe Turner and Fats Domino, went on to shape The Hollies, Chubby Checker, Henri Salvador and Atco Records. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Coasters

Roots7

Sounds and acts that shaped The Coasters.

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Kindred17

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Coasters.

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Legacy4

Where the influence of The Coasters travelled next.

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