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The Friends of Distinction

The Friends of Distinction is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ray Charles, Hugh Masekela, Neil Sedaka and Bread. Those roots explain a lot about how The Friends of Distinction arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dramatics, Honey Cone, J.J. Jackson, The Chi-Lites and Jr. Walker & The All Stars, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Gap Band, Earth Wind and Fire, Isaac Hayes, Luther Vandross and Paul Davis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around The Friends of Distinction, reaching back through Ray Charles and forward to The Gap Band. 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 Friends of DistinctionRay CharlesHugh MasekelaNeil SedakaBreadThe Gap BandEarth Wind and FireIsaac HayesLuther VandrossPaul DavisTavaresThe DramaticsHoney ConeJ.J. JacksonThe Chi-LitesJr. Walker & The All…The SpinnersThe OriginalsRose Royce

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The Friends of Distinction connections

The Friends of Distinction grew out of Ray Charles, Hugh Masekela, Neil Sedaka and Bread, shares an orbit with The Dramatics, Honey Cone, J.J. Jackson and The Chi-Lites, went on to shape The Gap Band, Earth Wind and Fire, Isaac Hayes and Luther Vandross. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Friends of Distinction

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Sounds and acts that shaped The Friends of Distinction.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Friends of Distinction.

Bands The Friends of Distinction shaped

Legacy6

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