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The Dixie Cups

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

The Dixie Cups is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Hot 8 Brass Band, Grandpa Elliott, Sun Records and Ellie Greenwich. Those roots explain a lot about how The Dixie Cups arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jackie DeShannon, Betty Everett, The Archies, Neil Sedaka and Herman's Hermits, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Justin Wellington and Lorna Bennett, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around The Dixie Cups, reaching back through Hot 8 Brass Band and forward to Justin Wellington. 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 Dixie CupsHot 8 Brass BandGrandpa ElliottSun RecordsEllie GreenwichJustin WellingtonLorna BennettJackie DeShannonBetty EverettThe ArchiesNeil SedakaHerman's HermitsMartha Reeves & The …The DriftersDoris Troy

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The Dixie Cups connections

The Dixie Cups grew out of Hot 8 Brass Band, Grandpa Elliott, Sun Records and Ellie Greenwich, shares an orbit with Jackie DeShannon, Betty Everett, The Archies and Neil Sedaka, went on to shape Justin Wellington and Lorna Bennett. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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