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The Imperials is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Dean and Elvis Presley. Those roots explain a lot about how The Imperials arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Amy Grant, Terrian, Lauren Daigle, Pastor T.L. Barrett and The Youth for Christ Choir and Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Oak Ridge Boys, Paul Smith, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound and DC Talk, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around The Imperials, reaching back through Jimmy Dean and forward to The Oak Ridge Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Imperials connections
The Imperials grew out of Jimmy Dean and Elvis Presley, shares an orbit with Amy Grant, Terrian, Lauren Daigle and Pastor T.L. Barrett and The Youth for Christ Choir, went on to shape The Oak Ridge Boys, Paul Smith, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound and DC Talk. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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