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The Crystals

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

The Crystals is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of The Ronettes, Barry Mann, Carol Kaye, The Shirelles and Gene Pitney. Those roots explain a lot about how The Crystals arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Righteous Brothers, The Drifters, The Supremes, Bobby Vee and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Love Gun, Ramones, Teardrops on My Guitar, The Shangri-Las and Darlene Love, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around The Crystals, reaching back through The Ronettes and forward to Love Gun. 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 CrystalsThe RonettesBarry MannCarol KayeThe ShirellesGene PitneyLittle EvaCarole KingVikki CarrLove GunRamonesTeardrops on My GuitarThe Shangri-LasDarlene LoveThe BlossomsCherThe RonettesThe Righteous BrothersThe DriftersThe SupremesBobby VeeMartha Reeves & The …The Everly BrothersThe Young RascalsIke & Tina Turner

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The Crystals connections

The Crystals grew out of The Ronettes, Barry Mann, Carol Kaye and The Shirelles, shares an orbit with The Righteous Brothers, The Drifters, The Supremes and Bobby Vee, went on to shape Love Gun, Ramones, Teardrops on My Guitar and The Shangri-Las. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Crystals

Roots10

Sounds and acts that shaped The Crystals.

Artists similar to The Crystals

Kindred19

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Crystals.

Bands The Crystals shaped

Legacy15

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