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The Flamingos is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Chess Records and The Platters. Those roots explain a lot about how The Flamingos arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bertha Tillman, The Five Stairsteps, Barbara Mason, Ritchie Valens and Barbara Lewis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Temptations, The Chi-Lites, The Dells, Pat Boone and The Penguins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around The Flamingos, reaching back through Chess Records and forward to The Temptations. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Flamingos are an American doo-wop group formed in Chicago in 1953. The band became popular in mid-to-late 1950s and are best known for their 1959 cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You". They have since been hailed as being one of the finest and most influential vocal groups in pop and doo wop music history. In 2001, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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The Flamingos connections
The Flamingos grew out of Chess Records and The Platters, shares an orbit with Bertha Tillman, The Five Stairsteps, Barbara Mason and Ritchie Valens, went on to shape The Temptations, The Chi-Lites, The Dells and Pat Boone. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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