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The Delfonics is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Damon Harris, The Chi-Lites, Little Anthony & the Imperials, The Five Satins and Ray, Goodman & Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how The Delfonics arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Intruders, The Dramatics, Smokey Robinson, The Originals and The Spinners, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bridgit Mendler, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, Buddy Miles, Booker T. & the M.G.'s and The Jackson 5, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around The Delfonics, reaching back through Damon Harris and forward to Bridgit Mendler. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Delfonics connections
The Delfonics grew out of Damon Harris, The Chi-Lites, Little Anthony & the Imperials and The Five Satins, shares an orbit with The Intruders, The Dramatics, Smokey Robinson and The Originals, went on to shape Bridgit Mendler, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, Buddy Miles and Booker T. & the M.G.'s. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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